Current Directions in Personnel Selection

• Main Author: CHAN, David
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2005
• Subjects: job performance; construct validity; person–environment fit; multilevel research; changes over time; Industrial and Organizational Psychology
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/89
• Institution: Singapore Management University

For many decades, the focus of personnel selection research was on developing selection tests that maximized prediction of job performance; the approach was typically lacking in theoretical bases. The past two decades saw significant shifts in research to a focus on the nature of constructs and their interrelationships, characterized by an approach that emphasizes theoretical understanding of the phenomena under investigation. This article provides an overview of how a construct-oriented approach underlies major current directions in scientific research on personnel selection. Emerging trends that are likely to constitute issues of enduring importance are discussed.