Selection Tool Use: A Focus on Personality Testing in Canada, the United States, and Germany
The purpose of this paper is to provide new data regarding the current staffing practices being used by organizations in Canada and the United States (US) as well as a comparison with existing data from Germany (Diekmann & König, 2015). Data regarding the beliefs of human resource (HR) practitio...
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| author | Risavy, Stephen Fisher, Peter Robie, Chet Konig, Cornelius |
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| description | The purpose of this paper is to provide new data regarding the current staffing practices being used by organizations in Canada and the United States (US) as well as a comparison with existing data from Germany (Diekmann & König, 2015). Data regarding the beliefs of human resource (HR) practitioners in terms of using personality tests in personnel selection is also provided. A geographically representative sample of 453 HR practitioners across Canada and the US were surveyed. Although general mental ability testing has previously been found to be highly valid and cost effective, this selection tool was among the least commonly used in all three countries. Personality tests were also rarely used (especially in Canada and the US) and research–practice gaps still appear to be an issue (e.g., HR practitioners’ preference for personality types as opposed to traits). |
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| spelling | doaj.art-09f568da58f84558b69af51b5eaf821d2022-12-22T01:19:04ZengInternational Personnel Assessment Council (IPAC)Personnel Assessment and Decisions2377-88222019-07-015110.25035/pad.2019.01.004Selection Tool Use: A Focus on Personality Testing in Canada, the United States, and GermanyRisavy, StephenFisher, PeterRobie, ChetKonig, CorneliusThe purpose of this paper is to provide new data regarding the current staffing practices being used by organizations in Canada and the United States (US) as well as a comparison with existing data from Germany (Diekmann & König, 2015). Data regarding the beliefs of human resource (HR) practitioners in terms of using personality tests in personnel selection is also provided. A geographically representative sample of 453 HR practitioners across Canada and the US were surveyed. Although general mental ability testing has previously been found to be highly valid and cost effective, this selection tool was among the least commonly used in all three countries. Personality tests were also rarely used (especially in Canada and the US) and research–practice gaps still appear to be an issue (e.g., HR practitioners’ preference for personality types as opposed to traits).https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/pad/vol5/iss1/4/ |
| spellingShingle | Risavy, Stephen Fisher, Peter Robie, Chet Konig, Cornelius Selection Tool Use: A Focus on Personality Testing in Canada, the United States, and Germany Personnel Assessment and Decisions |
| title | Selection Tool Use: A Focus on Personality Testing in Canada, the United States, and Germany |
| title_full | Selection Tool Use: A Focus on Personality Testing in Canada, the United States, and Germany |
| title_fullStr | Selection Tool Use: A Focus on Personality Testing in Canada, the United States, and Germany |
| title_full_unstemmed | Selection Tool Use: A Focus on Personality Testing in Canada, the United States, and Germany |
| title_short | Selection Tool Use: A Focus on Personality Testing in Canada, the United States, and Germany |
| title_sort | selection tool use a focus on personality testing in canada the united states and germany |
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