The best way to measure motivation

Adverse Impact

Unintentional discrimination against a protected group

Employee screening

is the process of reviewing information about jobapplicants to select individuals for jobs

Clinical Approach

Subjectively combining sources of information to the general impression of the hiring specalist

Least Valid Employee Screening Test

Handwriting Analysis

Reliablity

refers to the stability of a measure over time, or the consistency of the measure

Validity

refers to the accuracy of inferences or projections we draw from measurements.

Parrallel Forms

a method of establishing the reliability of a measurement instrument by correlating scores

on two different but equivalent versions of the same instrument

Concurrent validity

Judging by test scores

2 approaches to criterion related validity are

concurrent and predictive validity

Standardized test

available through published sources/researched/ established reliability and validity

A dozen job applicants seated at word processor type for 10 minutes while speed and accuracy is tested

group;speed;performance

An intelligence test is a type of

coginitive ability

Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory

who possess some psychopathology that might hinder the performance

Research to be a good predictor of employee job performance

conscientiousness and dependability

Least valid employee screening

handwriting analysis

Best predictor of job performance?

job Related employee tests

Antoinette applies for a job and spends a full day in discussions with other applicants and doing samples of work tasks, all the while being observed and rated.

assessment center

The most widely used employee screening and selection device

improve performance

The process of which orgs attract potiental workers to apply for jobs is called

recruitment

Which of the following would a recruiter rely on in recruiting applicants for a job

job descriptions Job specifications Job analysis products

Providing applicants with realistic job previews

cutdown new employee turnover/increase the stratification of new employees/increase rate of turning down the employment offers

In employee selection, a variable used to select a successful job candidate is referred to as a

predictor

Which of the following best definition of employee sceening

the process of reviewing information about job applicants used to select worker

Making selection decisions by subjectively combining sources of information according to the general impression of the hiring specialist

Clinical approach

The multiple hurdle approach to employee selection involves

an ordered sequence of screening devices after each of which a decision is made.