The Psychology of Personnel Selection

This engaging and thought-provoking text introduces the main techniques, theories, research and debates in personnel selection, helping students and practitioners to identify the major predictors of job performance as well as the most suitable methods for assessing them. Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic and Adrian Furnham provide a comprehensive, critical and up-to-date review of the constructs we use in assessing people - intelligence, personality, creativity, leadership and talent - and explore how these help us to predict differences in individuals' performance. Covering selection techniques such as interviews, references, biographical data, judgement tests and academic performance, The Psychology of Personnel Selection provides a lively discussion of both the theory behind the use of such techniques and the evidence for their usefulness and validity. The Psychology of Personnel Selection is essential reading for students of psychology, business studies, management and human resources, as well as for anyone involved in selection and assessment at work.

ISBN 052168787X   Pages 300 ISBN13 9780521687874 (What's this?)   Weight (grammes) 610 Publisher Cambridge University Press   Published in Cambridge Imprint Cambridge University Press   Height (mm) 247 Format Paperback   Width (mm) 174 Publication date 14 Jan 2010   Spine width (mm) 19 DEWEY 658.3112019   Academic level Tertiary education, Professional / Scholarly DEWEY edition DC22

		List of boxes
		List of figures
		List of tables
Pt. 1		Methods of personnel selection		1
1		Early, unscientific methods		3
2		The interview		30
3		Letters of recommendation		52
4		Biodata		62
5		Situational judgement tests and GPA		75
Pt. 2		Constructs for personnel selection		93
6		General mental ability		95
7		Personality traits		124
8		Creativity		175
9		Leadership		191
10		Talent		216
		References		235
		Index		278

'The authors are to be congratulated on writing an up-to-date and accessible text that presents the field of personnel assessment in an interesting and innovative way.' Clive Fletcher, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick and Managing Director, Personnel Assessment Limited 'An easy to read and authoritative review of personnel assessment - a critical topic in the modern war for talent - by two accomplished writers with impeccable academic credentials. Comprehensive and integrated, this is an indispensable guide to best practices.' Robert Hogan, President of Hogan Assessment Systems 'Chamorro-Premuzic and Furnham's volume spans a remarkable range of topics on selection and assessment and provides comprehensive coverage of every one of them. It is difficult to come away from this book without being impressed by its depth, detail and ability to convey complex scientific ideas in a lucid and straightforward manner.' K. V. Petrides, Department of Psychology, University College London 'Impressively comprehensive in its coverage of topics and noteworthy for its even-handed presentation of much debated issues, including intelligence testing and faking effects in personnel selection. This book will be a handy reference to I/O professionals working in personnel selection as well as serving as a succinct and accurate introduction to graduate students entering the field. The authors are to be congratulated!' Vish C. Viswesvaran, Department of Psychology, Florida International University

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