The
Blackwell Handbook of Personnel Selection provides a state-of-the-art review of theory, research, and professional practice in the field of selection and assessment.
- Reviews research and practical developments in all of the main selection methods, including interviews, psychometric tests, assessment centres, and work sample tests.
- Considers selection from the organization’s and the applicant’s perspective, and covers the use of new technology in selection and adverse impact issues.
- Each section includes contributions from internationally eminent authors based in North America and Europe.
List of Contributors.
Notes on the Editors.
Notes on the Contributors.
Preface.
1. Relationships between Practice and Research in Personnel Selection: Does the Left Hand Know What the Right Is Doing? (Neil Anderson).
Part I: Preparing for Selection.
2. Job Analysis: Current and Future Perspectives (Olga F. Smit-Voskuijl).
3. The Impracticality of Recruitment Research (Alan M. Saks).
4. The Design of Selection Systems: Context, Principles, Issues (Robert A. Roe).
5. Is the Obvious Obvious? Considerations About Ethical Issues in Personnel Selection (Olga F. Voskuijl, Arne Evers and Sacha Geerlings.
Part II: Developments in the Use of Different Kinds of Predictors.
6. The Selection/Recruitment Interview: Core Processes and Contexts (Robert L. Dipboye).
7. Cognitive Ability in Personnel Selection Decisions (Deniz S. Ones and Stephan Dilchert.
8. Personality in Personnel Selection (Jesús F. ls¯