Personnel selection and productivity - Mark Cook

This study covers recent research on selection methods, starting with an analysis of how workers differ in productivity and ending with estimates of savings achievable by good selection. All the major selection methods are reviewed - interview, references and ratings, biodata, ability tests, personality assessments, assessment centres and miscellaneous methods such as work samples, in-tray tests, tests of physical strength and others. Technical issues of validity and criteria are also covered, as is the role of the law in selection.;The author, both an academic and a practicing occupational psychologist, has covered developments in North American selection research and practice, and relates these to British experience.;Finally, the author discusses the latest developments in the field - utility analysis, validity generalization, differential validity and rational estimates.;This work should be of interest to occupational psychologists, personnel managers and consultants.