MGMT 2430 Chapter 7: Selection
11 Feb 2017
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Selection the process of choosing among individuals who have been recruited to fill existing or projected job openings. Selection ratio the ratio of the number of applicants hired to the total number of applicants. Multiple hurdle strategy an approach to selection involving a series of successive steps or hurdles. Must criteria requirements that are essential for the job. Want criteria requirements that are highly desirable but not critical for the job. The supervisory interview and realistic job preview. Reliability the degree of dependability, consistency, or stability of the measures used. Validity 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 the extent to which a selection tool predicts important elements of work behaviour. Content validity the extent to which a selection tool measures a trait deemed necessary for the job.
