Psychological Testing in Personnel Selection
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چکیده
................................................................................................................................................. 3 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................................ 4 HISTORY OF EMPLOYMENT/PERSONNEL TESTING ......................................................................... 4 CLASSIFICATION OF PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS ................................................................................. 8 1) General Intelligence Tests .................................................................................................................... 8 2) Aptitude Tests ....................................................................................................................................... 9 3) Performance Tests .............................................................................................................................. 10 4) Vocational Interest Tests .................................................................................................................... 10 5) Personality Tests ................................................................................................................................. 11 CHARACTERISTICS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS ........................................................................... 13 Standardization ....................................................................................................................................... 13 Objectivity............................................................................................................................................... 14 Norms ...................................................................................................................................................... 14 Reliability ................................................................................................................................................ 15 Validity ................................................................................................................................................... 18 VALIDITY GENERALIZATION .............................................................................................................. 23 TEST VALIDATION AND PREDICTION MODELS ............................................................................. 25 DECISION THEORY AND UTILITY ...................................................................................................... 27 CURRENT USE OF TESTS IN PERSONNEL SELECTION ................................................................... 29 ADVANTAGES OF EMPLOYMENT TESTING ..................................................................................... 31 LIMITATIONS OF EMPLOYMENT TESTING ...................................................................................... 32 CONCLUDING COMMENTS................................................................................................................... 34 REFERENCES ........................................................................................................................................... 36
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