Is it all in the eye of the beholder? The importance of situation construal for situational judgment test performance

• Main Authors: FREUDENSTEIN, Jan-Philipp, SCHAEPERS, Philipp, ROEMER, Lena, MUSSEL, Patrick, KRUMM, Stefan
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2020
• Subjects: person x situation interaction; situation construal; situational judgment test; validity; Industrial and Organizational Psychology; Organizational Behavior and Theory
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/6601; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/7600/viewcontent/peps.12385_pvoa.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Recent research challenges the importance of situation descriptions for situational judgment test (SJT) performance. This study contributes to resolving the ongoing debate on whether SJTs are situational measures, by incorporating findings on person x situation interactions into SJT research. Specif...