Construct-driven SJTs: Toward an agenda for future research

• Main Author: LIEVENS, Filip
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2017
• Subjects: Situational judgment tests; Constructs; Personnel selection; Construct-driven approach; Low-fidelity simulation; Industrial and Organizational Psychology; Organizational Behavior and Theory
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/5771; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/6770/viewcontent/Construct_driven_SJT_av.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

A common theme running through recent research on Situational Judgment Tests (SJTs) and this special issue is the aim to improve the measurement of constructs via SJTs. Construct-driven SJTs differ from traditional SJTs in that they present a trait activating situation to test-takers and a more unidimensional set of response options that depict different trait levels. In this commentary, I frame the different papers of this special issue into a research agenda related to construct-driven SJTs. Specifically, I posit that future research should examine whether construct-driven SJTs lead to more unidimensionality at the item level, cleaner measurement of the constructs, and more equivalence of SJT scores across settings. In addition, the effects of using a construct-driven approach on the criterion-related validity of SJT scores and their convergence with actual behavior need to be scrutinized. Finally, I suggest investigating the susceptibility of construct-driven SJTs to faking, retest, item exposure, and coaching effects.