Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
submittedVersion
Publication Date
9-2017
Abstract
Over the years, the personnel selection field has developed methods to assess trait expression in particular situations, but these approaches have evolved mostly outside the field of personality psychology. In this article, I review available personnel selection evidence regarding two such approaches: (i) situational judgement tests that present short scenarios and ask job candidates how they would handle the situations and (ii) assessment centre exercises requiring candidates to display behaviour in specified interactive situations. I describe these approaches and discuss their relations with personality research. I posit that adapting these approaches to personality research creates methodological diversity to address key research themes related to within-person variability, trait-behaviour links, personality disorders, and personality expression and perception.
Discipline
Human Resources Management | Organizational Behavior and Theory
Research Areas
Organisational Behaviour and Human Resources
Publication
European Journal of Personality
Volume
31
Issue
5
First Page
424
Last Page
440
ISSN
0890-2070
Identifier
10.1002/per.2111
Publisher
Wiley: 24 months
Citation
LIEVENS, Filip.
Assessing personality-situation interplay in personnel selection: Toward more integration into personality research. (2017). European Journal of Personality. 31, (5), 424-440.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/5717
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Authors
Creative Commons License
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Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.1002/per.2111