PSYC 3070 Chapter Notes - Chapter Page 157-170: Human Resource Management, Personnel Selection, Structured Interview
10 Jan 2016
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Manager"s views of how to hire: building bridges between science and practice. It has been suggested that the state of practice in employee selection differs markedly from the state of research. Managers attributed their hiring successes primarily to luck and intuition, but also acknowledged the value of using a more systematic and rigorous approach to hiring. Managers" comments imply a lack of awareness of research, rather than a lack of interest in topics being researched. The scientist practitioner gap thus seems to relate more to the usage of research than to the focus of research questions. It is true that pre-employment testing is controversial, which may explain why it is less popular among managers. But, a similar gap between research and practice also exists in the domain of employment interviews. Studies have shown conclusively that structured, behavior-based interviews are more valid than traditional, unstructured interviews.
