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Record Nr.

UNINA9910820258503321

Titolo

Adverse impact : implications for organizational staffing and high stakes selection / / edited by James L. Outtz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Routledge, 2010

ISBN

1-136-94818-X

1-282-29361-3

9786612293610

1-136-94819-8

0-203-84841-1

1-4416-2382-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (564 p.)

Collana

Organizational frontiers series

Altri autori (Persone)

OuttzJames

Disciplina

658.3

658.3/112

Soggetti

Employee selection

Employment tests

Personnel management

Psychology, Industrial

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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



series is to bring together renowned expert