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C202: chapt 6
Selection & Hiring
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| selection | gathers and evaluates the information that will be used to determine who will be hired |
| person job fit | the fit between a person’s abilities and the job’s demands and the fit between a person’s needs and motivations and the job’s attributes and rewards |
| person group fit | the match between the person and his or her workgroup and supervisor |
| person organization fit | the fit between an individual’s values, attitudes, and personality and the organization’s values, norms, and culture. |
| screening assessment model | to reduce the pool of job applicants to job candidates |
| evaluative assessment methods | identify whom to hire |
| contingent assessment methods | (typically a background check, drug screen, medical exam, etc.) |
| job applications | require applicants to provide the same written information about their skills, education, work experience, and other job relevant information |
| telephone screens | to confirm résumé or application information and to assess applicants’ availability, interests, and preliminary qualifications |
| cognitive ability tests | typically use computerized or paper-and-pencil tests to assess general mental abilities, including reasoning, logic, and perceptual abilities |
| non-cognitive tests | sensory & psychomotor tests |
| integrity tests | assess candidates’ attitudes and experiences related to their reliability, trustworthiness, honesty, and moral character |
| job knowledge test | measure the job related knowledge (often technical) required for success |
| interviews | can assess a variety of characteristics, including interpersonal skills, decision-making style, and leadership style |
| structured interview | using consistent, job-related questions. A formal scoring system also helps to compare candidates based on their answers |
| behavioral interviews | based on the idea that past behavior is a good predictor of future behavior, which is generally true |
| case interview | candidate is given a business situation, challenge, or problem and asked to present a well thought out solution. |
| work sample | evaluate the performance of actual or simulated work tasks. A work sample can be as simple as a situational judgment question |
| simulation | a type of work sample that gives candidates an actual job task to perform or simulates critical events that might occur to assess how well a candidate handles them |
| assessment center | puts candidates through a variety of evaluation techniques to evaluate their potential fit with and ability to do the job |
| multiple hurdles | The FBI requires special agent applicants to first pass a cognitive ability test and a situational judgment test before advancing in the hiring process |
| compensatory approach | allows high scores on some assessments to compensate for low scores on others |
| distributive fairness | the perceived fairness of the outcomes received |
| procedural fairness | the perceived fairness of the policies and procedures used to determine the outcome |
| interactional fairness | reflects perceptions of the degree of respect and the quality of the interpersonal treatment received during the decision-making process |
| implicit employment contract | an understanding not part of the written or verbal contract |
| explicit employment contract | written or verbal employment contract |
| interactional fairness | the degree of respect and the quality of interpersonal treatment received during the decision making process |
| cut score | minimum score a candidate must reach in order to pass |