Predicting adverse impact and multistage mean criterion performance in selection

Publication Type

Journal Article

Publication Date

5-2006

Abstract

The authors present an analytical method to assess the average criterion performance of the selected candidates as well as the adverse impact and the cost of general multistage selection decisions. The method extends previous work on the analytical estimation of multistage selection outcomes to the case in which the applicant pool is a mixture of applicant populations that differ in their average performance on the selection predictors. Next, the method was used to conduct 3 studies of important issues practitioners and researchers have with multistage selection processes. Finally, the authors indicate how the method can be integrated into a broader analytical framework to design multistage selection decisions that achieve intended levels of selection cost, workforce quality, and workforce diversity.

Keywords

Adverse impact, personnel selection, estimation procedure, quality selected workforce

Discipline

Human Resources Management | Organizational Behavior and Theory

Research Areas

Organisational Behaviour and Human Resources

Publication

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volume

91

Issue

3

First Page

523

Last Page

537

ISSN

0021-9010

Identifier

10.1037/0021-9010.91.3.523

Publisher

American Psychological Association

Additional URL

https://doi.org/10.1037/0021-9010.91.3.523

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