Management and Organizational Studies 3385A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Conscientiousness, Substance Abuse, Extraversion And Introversion

• School: Western University
• Department: Management and Organizational Studies
• Course: Management and Organizational Studies 3385A/B
• Professor: Gail Robertson

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Design: decide who will be involved in the process and develop selection criteria, specify musts and wants, weigh the wants, determine assessment strategies, develop evaluation form, develop questions testing ksas, develop candidate-specific questions. Steps: preliminary applicant screening, selection testing, selection interview, background/reference check, supervisory interview and rjp, hiring decision, candidate notified. Eliminates candidates that do not meet the minimum requirements. Validity: representative of actual performance: criterion: important elements of work behaviour, differential: accurate for all subgroups, context: adequately samples knowledge/skills, construct: extent it measures traits necessary for the job. Functional abilities evaluation (fae: lifting, pulling, pushing, etc, only if bfor. Tat gives applicant arbitrary image and asks what they see, forcing them to project themselves onto it. Big five personality dimensions: extroversion, emotional stability, agreeableness, conscientiousness, openness to experience. Validated by representative, then given to manager. 2 to 3 day management assessment centre. Puts them in situations and notes performance. Act out to solve work problem = application.