Constructed response formats and their effects on minority-majority differences and validity

• Main Authors: LIEVENS, Filip, SACKETT, Paul R., DAHLKE, Jeffrey, OOSTROM, Janneke, DE SOETE, Britt
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2019
• Subjects: Immigrants; Response format; Minorities; Subgroup differences; Situational judgment tests; Human Resources Management; Industrial and Organizational Psychology; Organizational Behavior and Theory
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/5953; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/6952/viewcontent/CR.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

The inflow of immigrants challenges organizations to consider alternative selection procedures that reduce potential minority (immigrants)-majority (natives) differences, while maintaining valid predictions of performance. To deal with this challenge, this paper proposes response format as a practic...