EXAM 2 Selection Flashcards

1
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Selection defined

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Systematic process of obtaining and evaluating info about applicants, a 2 way street

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2
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Reliability

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Consistency, dependable, stable overtime

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3
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Validity

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Accuracy

Measure what it is supposed to?

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4
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Relationship between reliability & validity

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Reliability is a pre-req for validity

A valid test will always be reliable

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5
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Validity generalization

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Any job, any company

Personality tests

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6
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Utility

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Economic

Do costs outweigh the benefits?

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7
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Legality

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Diff. tests to diff. groups

Disparate impact + treatment

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8
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Application forms

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  • Lower level
  • Easier to compare
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9
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Resumes

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  • Higher level
  • More info you might not want
  • Trigger biases
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10
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Problems with application forms & resumes

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Could lie, embellish, omit

To avoid…
Reference check, background check, interview, disclaimers, test

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11
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Purpose of interviews

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Verify info, gather new info

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12
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Types of interviews

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Unstructured
Structured
- Situational
- Behavioral

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13
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Unstructured interviews

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Informal, don’t plan ahead

Low reliability, low validity (bad predictors)

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14
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Structured interviews

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Same questions for all, rating scale

High reliability, high validityS

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15
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Situational interviews

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Scenario, future oriented

More valid

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16
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Behavioral interviews

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Past oriented, slightly better

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17
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Format of interviews

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  • Panel/Committee (HIGHEST VALIDITY)
  • Group
  • Phone
  • Video
  • Mealtime
18
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Preparing for behavioral interviews

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STAR method

Situation- context
Task - Problem
Action - What’d you do?
Results - Outcome (give #s)

19
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Selection tests

A

Cognitive ability

Physical ability

20
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Cognitive ability

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Quick, cheap, high validity

Ex. IQ test

  • Verbal
  • Quantitative
  • Reasoning
21
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Physical ability

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Only for certain jobs, reduces injuries

22
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Personality tests

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High validity

But self-reporting and considered invasive

23
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Big 5

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  • Openness to experience (Ok with change)
  • Conscientiousness (Responsibility)
  • Extraversion
  • Agreeableness (Compromise)
  • Neuroticism/Emotional stability
24
Q

Best predictor of performance (BIG 5)?

A

Conscientiousness

25
Q

Integrity or Honesty Tests

A

High validity

  • Overt
  • Personality-based
26
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Overt

A

Dishonest attitudes + behaviors

Straight up ask

Unreliable, makes them feel guilty

27
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Personality-based test

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Measure personality traits related to dishonesty

(Risk taking, low conscientiousness)

28
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Work samples

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Ask to demonstrate part of job

High validity, high cost & time

29
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Simulations

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Demonstrate part of job in controlled setting

High validity, high cost & time

30
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Assessment centers

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  • Multiple tests
  • Multiple raters

Time consuming, high cost, multiple chances, high validity

31
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Background/Reference Checks

A

Verify info, unfit for employment?

  • References
  • Letters of rec
  • Criminal records
  • Credit checks
  • Education records
  • Military records
  • Driving records
  • Social media
32
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Legal issues with background checks

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  • Defamation
  • Negligent hiring
33
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Defamation

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Make them look bad, false, hurt reputation

Must have evidence

34
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Negligent hiring

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Hire someone you know or should’ve known unfit and then they hurt someone @ work

35
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Medical exams

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Job related, AFTER conditioned job offer (ADA)

36
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Drug testing

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  • Job related
  • Urine, blood, saliva, hair
  • Pre-employment
  • Accuracy, inform ahead of time, good reason, retest if pos.
37
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Most common drug test?

A

Urine

38
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Most accurate druge test?

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Blood

39
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Most expensive drug test?

A

SalivaM

40
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Hair drug test

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Discriminating against those under ADA, longer period

41
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Form I-9

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Verify authorization to work in US

Verify identity

Pre-employment

42
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What law requires Form I-9?

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Immigration Reform & Control Act of 1986