Pre-Employment Testing and Employee Productivity

Pre-Employment Testing and Employee Productivity

Under the right conditions, pre-employment tests can vastly improve corporate productivity. This paper discusses the conditions, expected productivity gains, and issues associated with pre-employment testing. Special attention is paid to issues of bias, legal rulings, validity generalization, exagge...

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Veröffentlicht in:Public personnel management 1992-07, Vol.21 (2), p.133-150
1. Verfasser: Rudner, Lawrence M.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Discrimination
Effectiveness
Employment tests
Hiring
Human resource management
Implications
Job Applicants
Job performance standards
Labor productivity
Litigation
Occupational Tests
Performance standards
Personnel
Personnel Selection
Preemployment screening
Productivity
Professional standards
Public Administration
Studies
Test
Test Bias
Test Use
Test Validity
Testing
Validity
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Zusammenfassung:Under the right conditions, pre-employment tests can vastly improve corporate productivity. This paper discusses the conditions, expected productivity gains, and issues associated with pre-employment testing. Special attention is paid to issues of bias, legal rulings, validity generalization, exaggerated expectations, test quality, misuse of tests, publishers' claims, alternative assessment techniques, and the use of honesty tests.
ISSN:0091-0260
1945-7421
DOI:10.1177/009102609202100202