A comprehensive examination of the cross-validity of Pareto-Optimal versus fixed-weight selection systems in the biobjective selection context.

Author

Wilfried DE CORTE, Ghent University
Filip LIEVENS, Singapore Management UniversityFollow
Paul R. SACKETT, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

Publication Type

Journal Article

Version

acceptedVersion

Publication Date

8-2022

Abstract

The article presents evidence for the cross-validity potential of fixed-weight (FW) versus Pareto-Optimal (PO) selection systems in biobjective selection situations where both the goals of diversity and quality are valued and the importance of the goals is undecided a priori. The article extends previous research by also studying the cross-validity potential of selection systems in the practically most important sample-to-sample cross-validity scenario. We address three research questions: (a) Do different PO systems show comparable levels of relative (i.e., proportional) achievement upon cross-validation? (b) Do PO systems achieve higher levels of relative achievement upon cross-validation than FW selection systems?, and (c) How does the achievement of PO and FW systems, in terms of adverse impact ratios and average performance of the selected applicants, evolve under cross-validation? As a key result, in case of sufficiently large applicant pools (typically 100 applicants or more), PO systems had on average a higher cross-validity potential than the corresponding FW systems. Yet, even for applicant pools as large as 500, FW systems may match the merits of PO systems and we present a straightforward procedure to decide which FW systems may offer a comparable cross-validation potential than the PO systems. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved) Get Access

Keywords

adverse impact, cross-validity, Pareto-Optimal, personnel selection, selection design

Discipline

Industrial and Organizational Psychology | Organizational Behavior and Theory

Research Areas

Organisational Behaviour and Human Resources

Publication

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volume

107

Issue

8

First Page

1243

Last Page

1260

ISSN

0021-9010

Identifier

10.1037/apl0000927

Publisher

American Psychological Association

Citation

DE CORTE, Wilfried; LIEVENS, Filip; and SACKETT, Paul R.. A comprehensive examination of the cross-validity of Pareto-Optimal versus fixed-weight selection systems in the biobjective selection context.. (2022). Journal of Applied Psychology. 107, (8), 1243-1260.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/6862

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https://doi.org/10.1037/apl0000927