Employee Recruitment, Selection, and Assessment: Contemporary Issues for Theory and Practice (Current Issues in Work and Organizational Psychology)

Personnel selection is changing. Whilst traditional face-to-face interviews are still common, the range of assessment processes that inform the selection of candidates is increasingly diverse, taking advantage not only of new technologies, but also using new methods and strategies, such as assessment centres and personality testing. This new collection looks at the most important contemporary issues in recruitment, selection and assessment today, highlighting the latest research from the perspective of both recruiter and applicant. The book is written by an international range of prominent scholars in this area, and provides up-to-date analysis of key topic areas, including: * How measurements of intelligence can impact on recruitment policies * The use and value of personality tests * An analysis of social interaction in the interview process * The value and impact of video resumes in recruitment * How social networks affect how applicants are perceived * Job analysis and competencies modelling Part of the __Current Issues in Work & Organizational Psychology__ series, this is an important book that shines a light on the latest theory and practice in employee recruitment. It will interest not only students and researchers of Organizational Psychology, HRM and Business and Management, but will also engage professionals in the field. "Personnel selection is changing. Whilst traditional face-to-face interviews are still common, the range of assessment processes that inform the selection of candidates is increasingly diverse, taking advantage not only of new technologies, but also using new methods and strategies, such as assessment centres and personality testing. This new collection looks at the most important contemporary issues in recruitment, selection and assessment today, highlighting the latest research from the perspective of both recruiter and applicant. The book is written by an international range of prominent scholars in this area, and provides up-to-date analysis of key topic areas, including: --How measurements of intelligence can impact on recruitment policies --The use and value of personality tests --An analysis of social interaction in the interview process --The value and impact of video resumes in recruitment --How social networks affect how applicants are perceived --Job analysis and competencies modelling. Part of the Current Issues in Work & Organizational Psychology series, this is an important book that shines a light on the latest theory and practice in employee recruitment. It will interest not only students and researchers of Organizational Psychology, HRM and Business and Management, but will also engage professionals in the field."--Page 4 de la couverture "Personnel selection is changing. Whilst traditional face-to-face interviews are still common, the range of assessment processes that inform the selection of candidates is increasingly diverse, taking advantage not only of new technologies, but also using new methods and strategies, such as assessment centres and personality testing. This new collection looks at the most important contemporary issues in recruitment, selection and assessment today, highlighting the latest research from the perspective of both recruiter and applicant. The book is written by an international range of prominent scholars in this area, and provides up-to-date analysis of key topic areas, including: How measurements of intelligence can impact on recruitment policies; The use and value of personality tests; An analysis of social interaction in the interview process; The value and impact of video resumes in recruitment; How social networks affect how applicants are perceived; Job analysis and competencies modelling. Part of the Current Issues in Work & Organizational Psychology series, this is an important book that shines a light on the latest theory and practice in employee recruitment. It will interest not only students and researchers of Organizational Psychology, HRM and Business and Management, but will also engage professionals in the field."--Publisher's website Cover 1 Title 6 Copyright 7 CONTENTS 8 List of contributors 10 Introduction 14 PART A Job analysis and recruitment 20 1 Work analysis for personnel selection 22 2 Recruitment processes and organizational attraction 40 PART B The applicants’ perspective 56 3 Video résumés portrayed: findings and challenges 58 4 Social networking websites and personnel selection: a call for academic research 74 5 Applicant reactions to selection methods: an overview of recent research and suggestions for the future 93 PART C Advances in predictors’ research 110 6 New developments in intelligence theory and assessment: implications for personnel selection 112 7 Personality testing in personnel selection: Love it? Leave it? Understand it! 130 8 Trends in testing: highlights of a global survey 149 9 Beyond validity: shedding light on the social situation in employment interviews 167 10 Situational judgment testing: a review and some new developments 185 11 Assessment centres: the latest developments on construct validity 203 PART D The criterion domain 220 12 Selecting for innovation: methods of assessment and the criterion problem 222 13 Typical and maximum performance 241 Index 258