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Autore |
Cook Mark <1942-> |
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Titolo |
Personnel selection : adding value through people - a changing picture / / Mark Cook |
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Chichester, [England] : , : Wiley-Blackwell, , 2016 |
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©2016 |
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Edizione |
[Second edition.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (430 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Employee selection |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Title Page; Table of Contents; Preface to the sixth edition; Preface to the first edition; CHAPTER 1: Old and new selection methods; WHY SELECTION MATTERS; RECRUITMENT; APPLICATION SIFTING; IMPROVING APPLICATION SIFTING; OVERVIEW OF SELECTION METHODS; WHAT IS ASSESSED IN PERSONNEL SELECTION?; NATURE OF THE INFORMATION COLLECTED; WORK PERFORMANCE; FAIR EMPLOYMENT LAW; CURRENT SELECTION PRACTICE; REASONS FOR CHOICE OF SELECTION METHOD; KEY POINTS; KEY REFERENCES; USEFUL WEBSITES; CHAPTER 2: Validity of selection methods; RELIABILITY; VALIDITY; CRITERION VALIDITY; CONTENT VALIDITY |
CONSTRUCT VALIDITY CONVERGENT/DIVERGENT VALIDITY; CROSS-VALIDATION; INCREMENTAL VALIDITY; DIFFERENTIAL VALIDITY; MARGINAL TYPES OF VALIDITY; META-ANALYSIS; PROBLEMS WITH META-ANALYSIS; VALIDITY GENERALIZATION ANALYSIS; CRITICISMS OF VALIDITY GENERALIZATION; LATEST DEVELOPMENT IN VGA; KEY POINTS; KEY REFERENCES; CHAPTER 3: Job description, work analysis and competences; JOB DESCRIPTION AND PERSON SPECIFICATION; WORK ANALYSIS METHODS; SELECTED WORK ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES - AN OVERVIEW; WORK ANALYSIS AND PERSONALITY; RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY OF WORK ANALYSIS; BIAS IN WORK ANALYSIS |
USES OF WORK ANALYSIS USING WORK ANALYSIS TO SELECT WORKERS; SYNTHETIC VALIDATION; THE FUTURE OF WORK ANALYSIS; |
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COMPETENCES/COMPETENCY MODELING; KEY POINTS; KEY REFERENCES; USEFUL WEBSITES; CHAPTER 4: The interview; RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY; REASONS FOR POOR VALIDITY; IMPROVING THE INTERVIEW; STRUCTURED INTERVIEWS; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY OF THE INTERVIEW; TRUTHFULNESS OF INTERVIEW INFORMATION; HOW THE INTERVIEWER REACHES A DECISION; BIAS IN THE INTERVIEW; LAW AND FAIRNESS; KEY POINTS; KEY REFERENCES; USEFUL WEBSITES; CHAPTER 5: References and ratings; REFERENCES; VALIDITY; IMPROVING THE REFERENCE |
UNSTRUCTURED REFERENCES LAW AND FAIRNESS; RATINGS; PEER OR CO-WORKER ASSESSMENTS; VALIDITY OF PEER RATINGS; KEY POINTS; KEY REFERENCES; CHAPTER 6: Tests of mental ability; OVERVIEW OF MENTAL ABILITY TESTS; INTERPRETING TEST SCORES; THE VALIDITY OF MENTAL ABILITY TESTS; ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE; g OR SPECIFIC COGNITIVE ABILITIES?; MENTAL ABILITY AND THE SUCCESS OF TEAMS; WHY MENTAL ABILITY TESTS PREDICT PRODUCTIVITY; LAW, FAIRNESS, AND MINORITIES; DEALING WITH ADVERSE IMPACT IN MENTAL ABILITY SCORES; OTHER WAYS OF ASSESSING MENTAL ABILITY; KEY POINTS; KEY REFERENCES; USEFUL WEBSITES |
CHAPTER 7: Assessing personality by questionnaire PERSONALITY QUESTIONNAIRES; USING PQs IN SELECTION; QUESTION 1: THE RIGHT PERSONALITY?; QUESTION 2: WILL HE/SHE DO THE JOB WELL?; QUESTION 3: HAS HE/SHE GOT A GOOD ATTITUDE TO WORK? ORGANIZATIONAL CITIZENSHIP; QUESTION 4: WILL HE/SHE BEHAVE BADLY AT WORK?; COUNTERPRODUCTIVE WORK BEHAVIOUR; THE SAGA OF HONESTY TESTS; QUESTION 5: WILL THE TEAM WORK WELL?; COMPLEXITIES OF PQ VALIDITY; IMPROVING PQ VALIDITY; THE PROBLEM OF FAKING; DEALING WITH FAKING; PQs, LAW AND FAIRNESS; KEY POINTS; KEY REFERENCES; USEFUL WEBSITES |
CHAPTER 8: Alternative ways of assessing personality |
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