Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
acceptedVersion
Publication Date
5-2011
Abstract
Personnel selection procedures such as assessment centers, structured interviews, and personality inventories are useful predictors of candidates' job performance. In addition to existing explanations for their criterion-related validity, we suggest that candidates' ability to identify the criteria used to evaluate their performance during a selection procedure contributes to the criterion-related validity of these procedures. Conceptually, the ability to identify criteria can be framed in the broader literature on peoples' ability to read situational cues. We draw on both theory and empirical research to outline the potential this ability has to account for selection results and job performance outcomes. Finally, implications for future research are presented.
Keywords
Ability to identify criteria (ATIC), personnel selection, social effectiveness, transparency, validity
Discipline
Human Resources Management | Organizational Behavior and Theory
Research Areas
Organisational Behaviour and Human Resources
Publication
Organizational Psychology Review
Volume
1
Issue
2
First Page
128
Last Page
146
ISSN
2041-3866
Identifier
10.1177/2041386610387000
Publisher
SAGE Publications (UK and US)
Citation
KLEINMANN, Martin; INGOLD, Pia V.; LIEVENS, Filip; JANSEN, Anne; MELCHERS, Klaus G; and KONIG, Cornelius J..
A different look at why selection procedures work: The role of candidates' ability to identify criteria. (2011). Organizational Psychology Review. 1, (2), 128-146.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/5637
Copyright Owner and License
Authors
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.1177/2041386610387000