ADM 2336 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Job Performance, Tl;Dr, Personality Test
16 Jun 2018
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Personality, Cultural Values, and Ability
Cognitive/Mental Ability
General intelligence
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This usually involves the ability to reason, plan, solve problems, comprehend
complex ideas, and learn from experience
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Emotional Ability (Emotional Intelligence)
Common basic definition
The ability to identify one's own emotions and other's emotions
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Emotional intelligence
Capabilities related to the management and use of emotions when
interacting with others
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Sometimes labelled as EQ (Emotional Quotient) or EI (Emotional
Intelligence)
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Especially vital in jobs that require a lot of "emotional labour"
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Comes in four varieties
Self Awareness
The ability of an individual to understand the types of
emotions they are experiencing, the willingness to
acknowledge them, and the capability to express them
accurately
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Other Awareness
The ability of an individual to recognize and understand the
emotions that other individuals are feeling
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Emotion regulation
The ability to quickly recover from emotional experiences and
control one's feelings
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Use of emotions
The ability of an individual to harness emotions and use them
to improve their chances of being successful in a given area
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Physical Abilities
Importance varies according to the nature of the job
Strength
To be strong
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This can vary from person to person
Some people are born tall, some are short □
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People can work their bodies to become stronger
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Stamina
The ability of persons lungs and circulatory system to work
efficiently in prolonged physical activity
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The ability of going on the "long run"
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Flexibility and coordination
Coordination is the ability to be able to make small movements,
without destroying anything
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Flexibility is the ability to be able to adapt, and change with your
environment
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Psychomotor
Manipulation and control of objects - coordination, manipulation,
dexterity, grace, strength
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Sensory
Associated with vision and hearing
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Predictors of task performance
The most effective hiring selection practices
Multi-measure tests
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Cognitive ability tests
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Integrity tests
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Reference checks
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Emotional intelligence tests
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Personality tests
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Job experience
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TL;DR
Personality and intelligence are highly stable human characteristics
Difficult if not impossible to change
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Each is related to job performance (some more than others)•
Each can be easily measured and used as hiring criteria •
Class 6 -Jan. 30th
Tuesday, January 30, 2018
16:00
