{"product_id":"personnel-selection-9781118973592","title":"Personnel Selection","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis is a fully updated edition of \u003ci\u003ePersonnel Selection\u003c\/i\u003e, a seminal text on the psychometric approach to personnel selection by a noted expert in the field.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eFocuses on cutting-edge topics including the influence of social networking sites, adverse impact, age differences and stereotypes, distribution of work performance, and the problems of selecting new employees using research based on incumbent employees\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eQuestions established beliefs in the field, especially issues that have been characterized as not a problem, such as differential validity, over-reliance on self-report, and faking good\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eContains expanded discussion of research and practice in the US and internationally, while maintaining the definitive coverage of UK and European selection approaches\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides comprehensive yet accessible information for professionals and students, as well as helpful pedagogical tools (technical and statistical boxes, simplified figures and table\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface to the sixth edition vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface to the first edition ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Old and new selection methods 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWe’ve always done it this way\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Validity of selection methods 25\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHow do you know it works?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Job description, work analysis and competences 55\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIf you don’t know where you’re going, you’ll end up somewhere else\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 The interview 71\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘I know one when I see one’\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 References and ratings 94\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe eye of the beholder\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 Tests of mental ability 110\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘a … man of paralysing stupidity’\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 Assessing personality by questionnaire 138\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDo you worry about awful things that might happen?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 Alternative ways of assessing personality 173\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat year was the Bataan death march?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9 Biodata and weighted application blanks 192\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHow old were you when you learned to swim?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e10 Assessment centres 207\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDoes your face fit?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e11 Emotional intelligence and other methods 227\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘Success in work is 80% dependent on emotional intelligence’\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e12 Criteria of work performance 246\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘the successful employee… does more work, does it better, with less supervision’\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e13 Minorities, fairness and the law 268\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGetting the numbers right\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e14 The value of good employees 289\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe best is twice as good as the worst\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e15 Conclusions 307\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCalculating the cost of smugness\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 319\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 348\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49528843043159,"sku":"9781118973592","price":87.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781118973592.jpg?v=1731873240","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/personnel-selection-9781118973592","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}