HROB 2100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Absenteeism

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Human Resources and Organizational Behaviour
• Course: HROB 2100
• Professor: Rhonda Gordon

Document Summary

Selection the process of choosing individuals to fill job openings the strategic importance of selection: quality of human resources determines organizational performance inappropriate selection decisions are costly significant legal implications. Avoiding legal problems use selection criteria based on the job assess applicant"s ability to meet expectations scrutinize applicant-provided information obtain authorization for reference checking save all records and information reject applicants who make false statements. Reliability: the degree to which selection procedures yield comparable data over time in other words, the degree of dependability, consistency, or stability of the measures used. Lecture 8: hr chapter 7 the accuracy with which a predictor measures what it is intended to measure. Differential validity confirmation that the selection tool accurately predicts the performance of all possible employee subgroups. Criterion-related validity extent to which a selection tool predicts or correlates with important elements of work behaviour.