I/O Flashcards
Adam’s Equity Theory
compares ratio of input/output outcomes with others
Additive tasks
individual performances are added to a combined effect
Adverse impact
% of minorities selected >= 80% of non-minorities selected
Alderger’s ERG Theory
3 needs: existence, relatedness, growth
Arbitration
third party acts as judge
BARS
Beh Anchored Rating Scales, based on critical incidents
base rate
rate of successful hiring without a given selection procedure
Biographical Inventory (BIB)
applicants life in detail and corr with (un)desirable work beh
BOS
Beh Observation Scale, extent engages in every beh
Cognitive Resource Theory
Compares directive vs non-directive leadership on various factors
common reality
what the individual is told to do
Conjunctive tasks
outcome limited by least effective member
Contrast effect
ratings of candidates affected by previous candidate
Critical incident technique
ascertaining the actions for success and failure
Differential validity
test more valid in predicting for one group than the other
Disjunctive tasks
outcome affected by most effective member
Distributive negotiation
parties claiming part of the pie
Fiedler’s Contingency (LPC) Theory
High LPC (relationship) - effective in moderate, Low LPC (task) - effective in extreme
Forced Choice
choose between two equally pos or neg choices
forced distribution
distribute employees into perdetermined categories
Griggs vs. Duke Power Company
biases in testing in industry
Groupthink
group members think alike and lose critical eval capacities due to pressure to conform
Hawthorne effect
a change in behavior that results from being observed, focused on psychologial factors