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UNINA9910820258503321 |
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Titolo |
Adverse impact : implications for organizational staffing and high stakes selection / / edited by James L. Outtz |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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New York, : Routledge, 2010 |
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ISBN |
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1-136-94818-X |
1-282-29361-3 |
9786612293610 |
1-136-94819-8 |
0-203-84841-1 |
1-4416-2382-5 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (564 p.) |
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Collana |
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Organizational frontiers series |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Employee selection |
Employment tests |
Personnel management |
Psychology, Industrial |
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Formato |
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 indexes. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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section 1. Background -- section 2. Theoretical perspectives -- section 3. Adverse impact and traditional selection theory -- section 4. Facts of the adverse impact problem -- section 5. Adverse impact from an international perspective -- section 6. Methods of reducing adverse impact. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This text is the best single repository for a comprehensive examination of the scientific research and practical issues associated with adverse impact. Adverse impact occurs when there is a significant difference in organizational outcomes to the disadvantage of one or more groups defined on the basis of demographic characteristics such as race, ethnicity, gender, age, religion, etc.This book shows, based on scientific research, how to design selection systems that minimize subgroup differences. The primary object of this volume in the SIOP |
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