Introduction

Question 1

What does HEXACO stand for?

Answer 1

→ Honesty-humility
→ Emotionality
→ Extraversion
→ Agreeableness (vs. anger)
→ Conscientiousness 
→ Openness to experience

Question 2

What is the most valid predictor of job performance?

Answer 2

→ Intelligence

→ Personality: conscientiousness

Question 3

What is the difference between discrimination, diversity and inclusion?

Answer 3

→ Discrimination: the unfair treatment of group members due to their visible or invisible attributes

→ Diversity: the composition of groups or workforces in terms of visible or invisible attributes

→ Inclusion: degree to which an employee is accepted and treated as an insider by others

Question 4

Business case for diversity

Answer 4

1. Improved employee attitudes
2. Improved recruiting (larger pool of talent)
3. Increased sales and profits (access-and-legitimacy perspective)
4. Increased creativity and innovation (broad range of perspectives)
5. Increased group problem-solving skills

Question 5

Ideological / fairness case for diversity

Answer 5

1. Social equality (equal opportunity)
2. Democracy principle (equal representation)
3. Reduction of conflict (in society)

Question 6

Enforced case for diversity

Answer 6

1. Laws & regulations

e. g. Dutch proposed law: supervision of discrimination-free recruitment and selection

Question 7

What is the diversity-validity dilemma?

Answer 7

The tradeoff between selecting valid predictors of employee performance while minimizing adverse impact and selecting a diverse workforce

Question 8

What are good alternatives for dealing with the diversity-validity dilemma? (de Soete, Lievens, Druatt, 2013)

Answer 8

→ Employing simulation-based assessments
→ Developing alternative cognitive ability measures (measuring typical performance)
→ Using statistical procedures

Question 9

What is the difference between typical and maximal performance?

Answer 9

→ Typical: measures intellectual investments over time (job-knowledge tests)
→ Maximal: captures intellectual capabilities at a given point in time (cognitive ability tests)