Human Resource Management in a Business Context
3rd edition

by Alan Price

Human Resource Management in a Business Context provides an international focus on the theory and practice of people management. A thorough and comprehensive overview of all the key aspects of HRM, including case studies, articles from HRM Guide and other sources, key concepts, review questions and problems for discussion and analysis.
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Psychometric Testing

Psychometric tests

Psychometric means measurement of the mind. Psychometric tests purport to measure psychological characteristics, including personality, motivation, career interests, competences and intellectual abilities. Traditionally they take the form of pen and paper multiple-choice questionnaires but modern forms can also be presented on computer screens. Most tests require applicants to work through a large number of items in a given amount of time.

(...) Users argue that they provide valuable evidence which is not revealed by other methods. There is a widespread belief that they are somehow objective, contrasting strongly with the subjectivity of interviewing.

These links are quite fun but give you an idea of the concepts involved:

What is your IQ? Find out by taking a free PhD-certified IQ Test on Emode.com.

How do you see yourself? How do others see you? Find out by taking The Ultimate Personality Test on Emode.com.

Aptitude Tests .

Criticism of psychological testing

Increasing use of tests has caused some disquiet amongst psychologists, particularly the proliferation of personality assessments. There are many available on the market which are promoted by people without adequate training and which make extravagant claims about their value and effectiveness. Many employers, including those with human resource specialists, do not have the ability to identify good and bad products. (...)

Pages 236-237 of Human Resource Management in a Business Context go into: issues of low validity for personality tests; the problem of lying; impact on ethnic minority groups; a test of language ability or personality(?) and so on.

FAQs on tests from the APA (American Psychological Association)

Evaluating tests - see this paper by Lawrence M. Rudner

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Human Resource Management in a Business Context3rd edition

Psychometric Testing

Psychometric tests

Criticism of psychological testing

Human Resource Management in a Business Context
3rd edition