MHR 623 Lecture 11: Chapter 8 - MHR 623
20 Oct 2016
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Examples of psychological assessments used to select employees: personality inventories, honesty/integrity inventories, tetsof emotional intelligence, vocational interest inventories. Aptitude tests, physical ability and sensory ability test. Aptitude: specific narrow ability or skill that may be used to predict job performance. Cognitive ability tests: assess intelligence, general mental ability, or intellectual ability. Practice intelligence: ability to apply ideas in the real world. Job knowledge: knowledgeable of issues and or procedures deemed essential for successful job performance. Psychomotor abilities: traits or characs that involve the ctrl of muscle movements such as finger dexterity, reaction time. Sensory/ perceptual abilities: traits or characs that involve different aspects of vision and audition as well as other senses. Physical fitness test: ensure that an applicant meet min standards of health to cope with the physical demands of the job. Drug and alcohol testing: random or mandatory drug testing by canadian companies is not common; it is discriminatory, unless it ties directly to the job.
