College 1.5: Work and mental health Flashcards
What are questions that play a role in the working field?
- Selection/development of personnel
- Career choice
- Absence/re-integration
- Motivation
- Leadership
- Performance
How to answer how a candidate will perform?
- Cognitive ability and personality tests > predictors of job performance
- Situational performance tests
- Motivation > intrinsic or extrinsic?
How to measure if a candidate will fit?
- The job (P-J fit): personality, interests
- The organization (P-O fit): Organizational culture
- The team (P-G fit): personality, values
What is complementary fit?
Profile of candidate meets the needs of the organization and complements what is still missing
What is supplementary fit?
Candidate and organization have the same or similair characteristics (and values)
What can you say about person-job fit?
Increases job satisfaction, commitment and job performance
Instruments: NEO-PI-R or RIASEC
What can you say about person-organization fit?
Increases job satisfaction, commitment
Instruments: Organizational Culture Profile
What can you say about person-team fit?
Increases coworker satisfaction and job satisfaction
Instruments: personality questionnaire or values questionnaire
What are challenges of AI in recruitment/selection?
- Biases
- Knowledge
- Methodology
More research is needed!
What can you say about interests and job performance?
Interests are less predictive of job performance and other work outcomes than personality traits
What is burnout?
Multidimensional construct:
- Exhaustion
- Depersonalization/cynicism
- Reduced personal accomplishment/reduced professional efficacy
What are risk factors of burn out?
- Imbalance job demands and resources
- Conflict between values
- Personality (e.g. neuroticism, negative affectivity)
What are consequences of burnout?
- More often and longer sick
- Reduced work functioning
- Higher chance on disability to work
