PSY 3711 Lecture 9: 9. Work samples 10.9.2018
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Work samples are direct samples of critical work tasks: work sample: develop creative content. Limitations: time it takes to evaluate the work, effort, free content + potential employee, measures maximal performance, typical performance may be different, have reasonably predictive power, r = 0. 33. Implicitly assumes that applicants already have the necessary knowledge and skill: useless for jobs that require job training. Assessment centers are a group of methods for administering and combining multiple predictors: a series of realistic simulations to evaluate skills that are fundamental to the job, validity depends on, validity of the predictors. Wernimont and campbell (1968) pointed out that the best predictions will be made with sample of important and job relevant behavior instead of measures of predispositions. In-basket simulations the applicant is given a series of papers that simulate a typical in-basket (modern version has papers, voicemails, emails). Applicant expected to respond to the messages as they would on the job.
