Publication Type

Book Chapter

Publication Date

5-2017

Abstract

When situational judgement tests (SJTs) began to regain popularity among the scientific community in the 1990s there was an implicit notion that they captured context‐dependent knowledge. In fact, the term ‘situational judgement’ carries the connotation of test‐takers’ responses being more effective when they consider the specifics of the situation. In recent years another perspective has emerged, which views SJTs as capturing relatively contextindependent knowledge (or general domain knowledge; Motowidlo, Crook, Kell & Naemi, 2009; Motowidlo, Hooper & Jackson, 2006a). Although SJTs and their items will often fall somewhere between these two perspectives, we posit in this chapter that it might be useful to distinguish between them.

Discipline

Human Resources Management | Organizational Behavior and Theory

Research Areas

Organisational Behaviour and Human Resources

Publication

Handbook of the Psychology of Recruitment, Selection, and Employee Retention

Editor

GOLDSTEIN, H. W.; PULAKOS, E. D.; PASSMORE, J.; SEMEDO, C.

First Page

226

Last Page

246

ISBN

9781118972694

Identifier

10.1002/9781118972472

Publisher

The Wiley Blackwell

Additional URL

https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118972472

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