In this volume, the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology provides managers with the practical guidance they need to make decisions about the crucial process of employee selection in today's changing business environment. An outstanding group of contributors--each with direct experience creating effective selection programs for contemporary organizations--makes applicable proven strategies for the design and management of the selection process. They examine selection management in its organizational, social, and legal contexts and help human resource professionals forge links between selection and other critical HR functions such as training, development, recruitment, and resourcing.
SIOP PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE SERIESForeword Part One: Organizational Context 1. Selection for a Changing Workplace 2. Integrating Selections with Other Organizational Processes and Systems 3. Demonstrating the Value of Selection in Organizations 4. Managing Customers of Selection Processes 5. Selection Programs in a Union Environment: A Commentary 6. Selection in Team Contexts 7. Cultural Context in Adapting Selection Practices Across Boarders Part Two: Regulatory Context 8. Employment Risk Management 8. Accommodations for Persons with Disabilities Part Three: Professional Context 10. The Relationship Between I/O Psychology and Public Policy: A Commentary 11. Research and Practice in Selection These chapters capture knowledge that cannot be gained elsewhere. They do not review the existing literature or rehash well-recognized issues but instead reflect those important insights that can only be gained from years of developing selection systems in organizations, which these authors are uniquely able to do. --Michael Campion, professor of management, Krannert Graduate School of Managel“+