Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
submittedVersion
Publication Date
3-2019
Abstract
The current study builds on the current scholarly debate about SJTs potentially being less situational than previously assumed. Specifically, we respond to recent calls to examine general (situation unspecific) information included in response options as a guide to SJT responses. Across three consecutive studies and three different forms of SJT administration (standard, without situation descriptions, under fake-good instructions), the relevance of social desirability of response options on SJT responses was examined. Results suggest that social desirability of response options is significantly related to test takers' response. This finding generalized across different forms of SJT administration. Across studies and together with the plausibility of response options, desirability explained about one-third of reliable variance in test takers' response to an SJT. Implications for SJT theory and development are discussed.
Discipline
Industrial and Organizational Psychology | Organizational Behavior and Theory
Research Areas
Organisational Behaviour and Human Resources
Publication
International Journal of Selection and Assessment
Volume
27
Issue
1
First Page
72
Last Page
82
ISSN
0965-075X
Publisher
Wiley: 24 months
Embargo Period
3-24-2021
Citation
KAMINSKI, Katarina; FELFE, Jorg; SCHAEPERS, Philipp; and KRUMM, Stefan.
A closer look at response options: Is judgment in situational judgment tests a function of the desirability of response options?. (2019). International Journal of Selection and Assessment. 27, (1), 72-82.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/6671
Creative Commons License
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Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.1111/ijsa.12233
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