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Personnel Selection: A Theoretical Approach
Contributor(s): Chan, David (Author)
ISBN: 0761909869     ISBN-13: 9780761909866
Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
OUR PRICE:   $143.45  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: August 1998
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Annotation: The purpose of the books in the Foundations for Organizational Science series is to describe what is known in a subject area, what we need to know to substantially increase our knowledge and practice, and ideas about how to go about obtaining this knowledge. The books are also targeted to graduate students in the organizational sciences. Personnel Selection offers a comprehensive, state-of-the-art look at the field of personnel selection. This book also emphasizes the role of theory in the personnel selection research, an area of organizational science that is often characterized as lacking in theoretical bases. Traditional topics, such as job analysis, performance measurement, the measurement of individual difference characteristics, the design of validation research, and the evaluation of validation data, are covered. In addition, novel ideas concerning levels of analysis issues, examinee reactions to tests, the impact of changing technology and means of communication, and globalization are also discussed. Each chapter provides detailed access to current knowledge, identifies sources that can provide further detail, and ends with a summary of the major research questions that should be addressed to advance understanding of the issues described in that chapter.
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BISAC Categories:
- Business & Economics | Human Resources & Personnel Management
- Social Science
Dewey: 658.311
LCCN: 98-25336
Series: Foundations for Organizational Science
Physical Information: 0.97" H x 6.23" W x 9.02" (1.26 lbs) 392 pages
 
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Publisher Description:
′No doubt HRM faculty should read this text. ...there is undoubtedly erudition and insight contained within the pages. [of this book]′ - Gerald Vinten, Southampton Business School, British Academy of Management News

This comprehensive, state-of-the-art look at the field of personnel selection emphasizes the role of theory in personnel selection research, an area of organizational science that is often characterized as lacking theoretical bases. Traditional topics, such as job analysis, performance measurement, the measurement of individual difference characteristics, the design of validation research and the evaluation of validation data, are covered.


Contributor Bio(s): Chan, David W.: - http: //www.fas.nus.edu.sg/swk/psychology/staff.htm#DavidSchmitt, Neal: - http: //psychology.msu.edu/people/faculty/schmitt.htmChan, David: - http: //www.fas.nus.edu.sg/swk/psychology/staff.htm#David