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Human Resource Management
Chapter 6 Quiz Terms
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10/13/2011

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Personnel Selection
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the process through which organizations make decisions about who will or will not be allowed to join the organization.
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Reliability
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the extent to which a measurement is free from random error.
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Validity
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the extent to which the performance on a measure (such as a test score) is related to what the measure is designed to assess (such as job performance).
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Predictive validation
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research that uses test scores of all applicants and looks for a relationship between the scores and future performance of the applicants who were hired.
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Concurrent validity
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research that consists of administering a test to people who currently hold a job, and then comparing their scores to existing measures of job performance.
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Content validity
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consistency between the test items of problems and the kinds of situations or problems that occur on the job.
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Construct validity
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consistency between a high score on a test and high level of a construct such as intelligence or leadership ability, as well as between mastery of this construct and successful performance of the job.
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Criterion-related validity
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a measure of validity based on showing a substantial correlation between test scores and job performance scores.
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Generalizable
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Valid in other contexts beyond the context in which the selection method was developed.
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Immigration Reform and Control Act (1986)
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federal law requiring employers to verify and maintain records on applicants’ legal rights to work in the United States.
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Background checks
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a way to verify that applicants are as they represent themselves to be.
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Aptitude tests
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tests that assess how well a person can learn or acquire skills and abilities.
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Achievement tests
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tests that measure a person’s existing knowledge and skills.
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Cognitive ability tests
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tests designed to measure such mental abilities as verbal skills, quantitative skills, and reasoning ability.
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Nondirective interview
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a selection interview in which the interviewer has great discretion in choosing questions to ask each candidate.
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Structured interview
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a selection interview that consists of a predetermined set of questions for the interviewer to ask.
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Situational interview
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a structured interview in which the interviewer describes a situation likely to arise on the job, then asks the candidate what he or she would do in that situation.
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Behavioral description interview
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a structured interview in which the interviewer asks the candidate to describe how he or she handled a type of situation in the past.
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Panel interview
Definition
selection interview in which several members of the organization meet to interview each candidate.
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Multi-hurdle model
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process of arriving at a selection decision by eliminating some candidates at each stage of the selection process.
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Compensatory model
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process of arriving at a selection decision in which a very high score on one type of assessment can make up for a low score on another.
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