MGMT 4510 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Personality Test, Job Performance, Reasonable Accommodation
26 Jan 2019
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Popularity of tests: employment tests are widely popular, the number of canadian employers using tests has been steadily increasing, personality tests are widely used for middle management jobs, aptitude tests are common for white collar and sales jobs. Strengths of tests: objective assessment, high reliability and validity, versatility, able to gauge hidden values and traits. Ability and aptitude tests: aptitude tests measure a person"s innate ability to learn and understand processes. Work samples/simulations: focus on key tasks that are representative of the real job, not every task is looked at. 3: applicants must perform tasks under standardized conditions to make comparisons meaningful, increasingly computer-assisted simulations are becoming popular, assessment centers show considerable promise of evaluation and development tools. Hearing and vision) should be carefully established to avoid discrimination: the doctrine of reasonable accommodation" still holds, mandatory blanket drug tests can result in legal challenges.
