Decision aids for addressing the validity-adverse impact trade-off

• Main Authors: SACKETT, Paul R., DE CORTE, Wilfried, LIEVENS, Filip
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2009
• Subjects: Human Resources Management; Organizational Behavior and Theory
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/5821; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/6820/viewcontent/aids.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Typically, adverse impact (AI) is an after-the-fact analysis: Once predictor scores for a pool of applicants are available, AI is evaluated. Sometimes the analysis is made in real time, as predictor scores are obtained on a set of applicants, and AI calculations are done on a “what if” basis as inpu...