Handbook of Employee Selection

The Handbook of Employee Selection summarizes the state of science and practice in the field of employee selection. Chapters in this book cover issues associated with measurement such as validity and reliability as well as practical concerns around the development of appropriate selection procedures and implementation of selection programs. Several chapters discuss the measurement of various constructs commonly used as predictors, and other chapters confront criterion measures that are used in test validation. Ethical and legal concerns are dealt with in another set of chapters and highlight the concerns of the employer as well as the test taker and the psychologist responsible for the testing program. Final sections of the book include chapters that focus on testing for certain types of jobs (e.g., blue collar jobs, supervisory jobs) and describe important milestones in the development of selection programs.

Table of Contents:
J.L. Farr, N.T. Tippins, Employee Selection in Work Organizations: Introduction and Overview. Part 1. Foundations of Psychological Measurement and Evaluation Applied to Employee Selection. D.J. Putka, P.R. Sackett, Reliability and Validity. N. Schmitt, J. Arnold, L. Nieminen, Validation Strategies for Primary Studies. K. Pearlman, J. Sanchez, Work Analysis. J.F. Kehoe, K.R. Murphy, Making Decisions about Selection Procedures: Validity, Validation, and Generalizability. Part 2. Implementation and Management of Employee Selection Systems in Work Organizations. A.M. Ryan, T. Delany, Attracting Job Candidates to Organizations. J.W. Johnson, F.L. Oswald, Test Administration and the Use of Test Scores. D. Reynolds, D. Dickter, Technology and Employee Selection. R.E. Ployhart, J.A. Weekley, Strategy, Selection and Sustained Competitive Advantage. J.F. Kehoe, S.T. Mol, N. Anderson, Managing Sustainable Selection Programs. W.F. Cascio, L. Fogli, The Business Value of Employee Selection. Part 3. Predictor Constructs in Employee Selection. Part 3A. Categories of Individual Difference Constructs. D.S. Ones, S. Dilchert, C. Viswesvaran, J.F. Salgado, Cognitive Abilities. D.L. Gebhardt, T.A. Baker, Physical Performance Tests. L. Hough, S. Dilchert, Personality. D. Chan, Values, Styles, and Motivational Constructs. F. Lievens, D. Chan, Practical Intelligence, Emotional Intelligence, and Social Intelligence. Part 3B. Assessing Work-Related Predictor Constructs. N. Tippins, J. Papinchock, E. Solberg, Decisions in Developing and Selecting Assessment Tools. R.S. Wunder, L.L. Thomas, Z. Luo, Scoring and Administering Assessments. M.J. Zickar, J.M. Cortina, N.T. Carter, Evaluation of Measures: Sources of Error, Sufficiency, and Contamination. M. London, L.A. McFarland, Assessment Feedback. Part 4. Criterion Constructs in Employee Selection. W.C. Borman, R.H. Bryant, J. Dorio, The Measurement of Task Performance as Criteria in Selection Research. D. Dorsey, J.M. Cortina, J. Luchman, Adaptive and Citizenship-Related Behaviors at Work. M. Rotundo, P.E. Spector, Counterproductive Work Behavior and Withdrawal. E.D. Pulakos, R.S. O’Leary, Defining and Measuring Results of Workplace Behavior. L.E. Tetrick, P.L. Perrewe, M. Griffin, Employee Work-Related Health, Stress, and Safety. J.N. Cleveland, A.J. Colella, WhoDdefines Performance, Contribution, and Value? Part 5. Legal and Ethical Issues in Employee Selection. J. Lefkowitz, R.L. Lowman, Ethics of Employee Selection. R. Jeanneret, S. Zedeck, Professional Guidelines/Standards. F.J. Landy, A. Gutman, J.L. Outtz, A Sampler of Legal Principles in Employment Selection. P.R. Sackett, W. Shen, B. Myors, Perspectives from Twenty-Two Countries on the Legal Environment for Selection. Part 6. Employee Selection in Specific Organizational Contexts. W.S. Sellman, D.H. Born, W.J. Strickland, J.J. Ross, Selection and Classification in the U.S. Military. R. Jacobs, D. Denning, Public Sector Employment. S.C. Erker, C.J. Cosentino, K.B. Tamanini, Selection Methods and Desired Outcomes: Integrating Assessment Content and Technology to Improve Entry- and Mid-Level Leadership Performance. W.J. Campbell, R. A. Ramos, Blue-collar selection in private sector organizations. J. Hausknecht, A. Langevin, Selection for Service and Sales Jobs. P. Caligiuri, K.B. Paul, Selection in Multinational Organizations. S. Mohammed, J. Cannon-Bowers, S.C. Foo, Selection for Team Membership: A Contingency and Multilevel Perspective. G. Thornton, G. Hollenbeck, S. Johnson, Leadership and Executive Selection/High Potentials. Part 7. Milestones in Employee Selection. A. Howard, The Management Progress Study and Its Legacy for Selection. D. Knapp, J.P. Campbell, Project A: 12 Years of R & D. N. Peterson, C. Sager, The Dictionary of Occupational Titles and the Occupational Information Network. L.R. James, H.H. McIntyre, Situational Specificity and Validity Generalization. J.F. Salgado, U. Hulsheger, N. Anderson, European Milestones in Employee Selection. Epilogue: R.M. Guion, Employee Selection: Contemporary Status and Musings about Its Future.