Employee Recruitment, Selection, and Assessment: Contemporary Issues for Theory and Practice

265 Pages·2015·1.145 MB·English

by  Ioannis Nikolaou, Janneke K. Oostrom

EMPLOYEE RECRUITMENT,
SELECTION, AND ASSESSMENT
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 new
methods and strategies, such as assessment centres and personality testing. This new
collection looks at the most important contemporary issues in recruitment, selec-
tion, 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 and 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 profession-
als in the field.
Ioannis Nikolaou is an Associate Professor in Organisational Behaviour at Athens
University of Economics and Business, Athens, Greece.
Janneke K. Oostrom is an Assistant Professor in Social and Organizational Psychol-
ogy at the VU University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Current Issues in Work and Organizational Psychology
Series Editor: Arnold B. Bakker
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reflect the state-of-the-art areas of current and emerging interest in the psychologi-
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Each volume is tightly focused on a particular topic and consists of seven to ten
chapters contributed by international experts. The editors of individual volumes are
leading figures in their areas and provide an introductory overview.
Example topics include digital media at work, work and the family, workaholism,
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Time and Work, Volume 2: How time impacts groups,
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Well-being and Performance at Work: The role of context
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Employee Recruitment, Selection, and Assessment:
Contemporary issues for theory and practice
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EMPLOYEE
RECRUITMENT,
SELECTION, AND
ASSESSMENT
Contemporary issues for
theory and practice
Edited by
Ioannis Nikolaou
and Janneke K. Oostrom
First published 2015
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Employee recruitment, selection, and assessment : contemporary issues for
theory and practice / edited by Ioannis Nikolaou and Janneke K. Oostrom.
pages cm
Includes bibliographical references.
1. Employee selection. 2. Employee retention. 3. Personnel management.
I. Nikolaou, Ioannis. II. Oostrom, Janneke K.
HF5549.5.S38E47 2015
658.3'11—dc23
2014046731
ISBN: 978-1-138-82325-9 (hbk)
ISBN: 978-1-138-82326-6 (pbk)
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CONTENTS
List of contributors ix
Introduction 1
Ioannis Nikolaou and Janneke K. Oostrom
PART A
Job analysis and recruitment 7
1 Work analysis for personnel selection 9
Antonio León García-Izquierdo, Luis Díaz Vilela,
and Silvia Moscoso
2 Recruitment processes and organizational attraction 27
Derek S. Chapman and David Mayers
PART B
The applicants’ perspective 43
3 Video résumés portrayed: findings and challenges 45
Annemarie M. F. Hiemstra and Eva Derous
4 Social networking websites and personnel selection:
a call for academic research 61
Donald H. Kluemper, H. Kristl Davison,
Xiaoyun Cao, and Bingqing Wu
viii Contents
5 Applicant reactions to selection methods: an overview
of recent research and suggestions for the future 80
Ioannis Nikolaou, Talya N. Bauer, and Donald M. Truxillo
PART C
Advances in predictors’ research 97
6 New developments in intelligence theory
and assessment: implications for personnel selection 99
Charles Scherbaum, Harold Goldstein, Rachel Ryan,
Paul Agnello, Ken Yusko, and Paul Hanges
7 Personality testing in personnel selection: Love it? Leave it?
Understand it! 117
Janina Diekmann and Cornelius J. König
8 Trends in testing: highlights of a global survey 136
Ann Marie Ryan, Ilke Inceoglu, Dave Bartram, Juliya
Golubovich, James Grand, Matthew Reeder, Eva Derous,
Ioannis Nikolaou, and Xiang Yao
9 Beyond validity: shedding light on the social
situation in employment interviews 154
Klaus G. Melchers, Pia V. Ingold, Annika Wilhelmy, and Martin Kleinmann
10 Situational judgment testing: a review and some new developments 172
Janneke K. Oostrom, Britt De Soete, and Filip Lievens
11 Assessment centres: the latest developments on construct validity 190
Deon Meiring, Jurgen Becker, Suzanne Gericke, and Nadia Louw
PART D
The criterion domain 207
12 Selecting for innovation: methods of assessment and the
criterion problem 209
Kristina Potocˇnik, Neil Anderson, and Felisa Latorre
13 Typical and maximum performance 228
Ute-Christine Klehe, Jessica Grazi, and Tusharika Mukherjee
Index 245
CONTRIBUTORS
Paul Agnello, Baruch College, City University of New York, USA
Neil Anderson, Brunel University, London, UK
Dave Bartram, CEB’s SHL Talent Measurement Solutions, and University of
Pretoria, South Africa
Talya N. Bauer, Portland State University, USA
Jurgen Becker, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
Xiaoyun Cao, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
Derek S. Chapman, University of Calgary, Canada
H. Kristl Davison, University of Mississippi, USA
Eva Derous, Ghent University, Belgium
Britt De Soete, Ghent University, Belgium
Luis Diaz Vilela, Universidad de la Laguna, Spain
Janina Diekmann, Universität des Saarlandes, Germany
Antonio León García-Izquierdo, Universidad de Oviedo, Spain