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Handbook of Workplace Assessment

Given the trend for organizations to streamline their workforces and focus on acquiring and retaining only top talent, a key challenge has been how to use assessment programs to deliver a high-performing workforce that can drive revenues, shareholder value, growth, and long-term sustainability.

The Handbook of Workplace Assessment directly addresses this challenge by presenting sound, evidence-based, and practical guidance for implementing assessment processes that will lead to exceptional decisions about people. The chapters in this book provide a wide range of perspectives from a world-renowned group of authors and reflect cutting-edge theory and practice.

The Handbook of Workplace Assessment

  • provides the framework for what should be assessed and why and shows how to ensure that assessment programs are of the highest quality
  • reviews best practices for assessing capabilities across a wide variety of po

    Table of Contents

    Figures, Tables, and Exhibits xvii

    Foreword xxiii
    Janine Waclawski, Allan H. Church

    Preface xxv
    John C. Scott, Douglas H. Reynolds

    Acknowledgments xxxiii

    The Editors xxxv

    The Contributors xxxvii

    Part One: Framework for Organizational Assessment 1

    1 Individual Differences That Infl uence Performance and Effectiveness: What Should We Assess? 3
    Kevin R. Murphy

    2 Indicators of Quality Assessment 27
    Fritz Drasgow, Christopher D. Nye, Louis Tay

    3 General Cognitive Ability 61
    Michael A. McDaniel, George C. Banks

    4 Personality 81
    Robert Hogan, Robert B. Kaiser

    5 Assessment of Background and Life Experience: The Past as Prologue 109
    Leaetta M. Hough

    6 Knowledge and Skill 141
    Teresa L. Russell

    7 Physical Performance 165
    Deborah L. Gebhardt, Todd A. Baker

    8 Competencies, Job Analysis, and the Next Generation of Modeling 197
    Jeffery S. Schippmann

    Part Two: Assessment for Selection, Promotion, and Development 233

    So Where Are the Promised, Practical, and Proven Selection Tools for Managerial Selection and Beyond? A Call to Action 235
    Judith L. Komaki

    9 Assessment for Technical Jobs 247
    Wanda J. Campbell

    10 Assessment for Administrative and Professional Jobs 279
    Lia M. Reed, Rodney A. McCloy, Deborah L. Whetzel

    11 Assessment for Sales Positions 323
    Steven H. Brown

    12 Assessment for Supervisory and Early Leadership Roles 365
    Mark J. Schmit, Jill M. Strange

    13 Executive and Managerial Assessment 395
    Ann Howard, James N. Thomas

    14 The Special Case of Public Sector Police and Fire Selection 437
    Gerald V. Barrett, Dennis Doverspike, Candice M. Young

    Part Three: Strategic Assessment Programs 463

    15 The Role of Assessment in Succession Management 465
    Matthew J. Paese

    16 Assessing the Potential of Individuals: The Prediction of Future Behavior 495
    Rob Silzer, Sandra L. Davis

    17 Assessment for Organizational Change: Mergers, Restructuring, and Downsizing 533
    John C. Scott, Kenneth Pearlman

    18 Global Applications of Assessment 577
    Ann Marie Ryan, Nancy T. Tippins

    Part Four: Advances, Trends, and Issues 607

    19 Advances in Technology-Facilitated Assessment 609
    Douglas H. Reynolds, Deborah E. Rupp

    20 The Legal Environment for Assessment 643
    R. Lawrence Ashe Jr., Kathleen K. Lundquist

    21 Validation Strategies 671
    S. Morton McPhail, Damian J. Stelly

    22 Addressing the Flaws in Our Assessment Decisions 711
    James L. Outtz

    23 Strategic Evaluation of the Workplace Assessment Program 729
    E. Jane Davidson

    24 Final Thoughts on the Selection and Assessment Field 757
    Paul R. Sackett

    Appendix: Example Assessments Designed for Workplace Application 779
    Jill M. Strange, Michael R. Kemp

    Name Index 797

    Subject Index 809

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      Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 20/08/2010
      ISBN13: 9780470401316, 978-0470401316
      ISBN10: 0470401311

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Handbook of Workplace Assessment

      Given the trend for organizations to streamline their workforces and focus on acquiring and retaining only top talent, a key challenge has been how to use assessment programs to deliver a high-performing workforce that can drive revenues, shareholder value, growth, and long-term sustainability.

      The Handbook of Workplace Assessment directly addresses this challenge by presenting sound, evidence-based, and practical guidance for implementing assessment processes that will lead to exceptional decisions about people. The chapters in this book provide a wide range of perspectives from a world-renowned group of authors and reflect cutting-edge theory and practice.

      The Handbook of Workplace Assessment

      • provides the framework for what should be assessed and why and shows how to ensure that assessment programs are of the highest quality
      • reviews best practices for assessing capabilities across a wide variety of po

        Table of Contents

        Figures, Tables, and Exhibits xvii

        Foreword xxiii
        Janine Waclawski, Allan H. Church

        Preface xxv
        John C. Scott, Douglas H. Reynolds

        Acknowledgments xxxiii

        The Editors xxxv

        The Contributors xxxvii

        Part One: Framework for Organizational Assessment 1

        1 Individual Differences That Infl uence Performance and Effectiveness: What Should We Assess? 3
        Kevin R. Murphy

        2 Indicators of Quality Assessment 27
        Fritz Drasgow, Christopher D. Nye, Louis Tay

        3 General Cognitive Ability 61
        Michael A. McDaniel, George C. Banks

        4 Personality 81
        Robert Hogan, Robert B. Kaiser

        5 Assessment of Background and Life Experience: The Past as Prologue 109
        Leaetta M. Hough

        6 Knowledge and Skill 141
        Teresa L. Russell

        7 Physical Performance 165
        Deborah L. Gebhardt, Todd A. Baker

        8 Competencies, Job Analysis, and the Next Generation of Modeling 197
        Jeffery S. Schippmann

        Part Two: Assessment for Selection, Promotion, and Development 233

        So Where Are the Promised, Practical, and Proven Selection Tools for Managerial Selection and Beyond? A Call to Action 235
        Judith L. Komaki

        9 Assessment for Technical Jobs 247
        Wanda J. Campbell

        10 Assessment for Administrative and Professional Jobs 279
        Lia M. Reed, Rodney A. McCloy, Deborah L. Whetzel

        11 Assessment for Sales Positions 323
        Steven H. Brown

        12 Assessment for Supervisory and Early Leadership Roles 365
        Mark J. Schmit, Jill M. Strange

        13 Executive and Managerial Assessment 395
        Ann Howard, James N. Thomas

        14 The Special Case of Public Sector Police and Fire Selection 437
        Gerald V. Barrett, Dennis Doverspike, Candice M. Young

        Part Three: Strategic Assessment Programs 463

        15 The Role of Assessment in Succession Management 465
        Matthew J. Paese

        16 Assessing the Potential of Individuals: The Prediction of Future Behavior 495
        Rob Silzer, Sandra L. Davis

        17 Assessment for Organizational Change: Mergers, Restructuring, and Downsizing 533
        John C. Scott, Kenneth Pearlman

        18 Global Applications of Assessment 577
        Ann Marie Ryan, Nancy T. Tippins

        Part Four: Advances, Trends, and Issues 607

        19 Advances in Technology-Facilitated Assessment 609
        Douglas H. Reynolds, Deborah E. Rupp

        20 The Legal Environment for Assessment 643
        R. Lawrence Ashe Jr., Kathleen K. Lundquist

        21 Validation Strategies 671
        S. Morton McPhail, Damian J. Stelly

        22 Addressing the Flaws in Our Assessment Decisions 711
        James L. Outtz

        23 Strategic Evaluation of the Workplace Assessment Program 729
        E. Jane Davidson

        24 Final Thoughts on the Selection and Assessment Field 757
        Paul R. Sackett

        Appendix: Example Assessments Designed for Workplace Application 779
        Jill M. Strange, Michael R. Kemp

        Name Index 797

        Subject Index 809

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