Citations with the tag: EMPLOYEE selection -- Research
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- Overall cost per hire is still on the rise.
// Personnel Journal; Dec95, Vol. 74 Issue 12, p26Presents information from research by Employment Management Association on hiring of employees. Findings from research; Statistical information on cost per hire in 1994.
- 'Not- Required Indians' in India.
// South Asian Post; 11/1/2012, p23The article focuses on a study conducted by MyHiringClub.com & NriJobPortal.com according to which hiring of non-resident Indian (NRI) professionals in India has declined by 11 per cent from the first quarter of 2011.
- Survey: Opportunities, obstacles for retailers seeking to hire women.
// Furniture/Today; 9/20/2010, Vol. 35 Issue 3, p21The article presents the result of a survey which shows that 28% of retailers believe that nothing hinders them to hire more female sales associates.
- Mountain region CFOs project hiring activity will outpace...
// Enterprise/Salt Lake City; 10/9/95, Vol. 25 Issue 15, p17Presents results from Robert Half International survey. Anticipation of financial hiring activity for Mountain region; Information on financial officers whose firms increased financial hiring activity; Statistics on other findings.
- Employers evaluate 90-day trial.
// NZ Business; Aug2012, p6The article reports on a research study conducted by the New Zealand Department of Labour which shows that employers are using the 90-day trial period before hiring employees to reduce the risk of hiring the wrong workers.
- Gen X: The Most Demanding Age Group In the Workplace.
Hastings, Rebecca R. // HR Magazine; Dec2012, Vol. 57 Issue 12, p16The article reports on the results of a study conducted by Dimensional Research in 2012 which found that hiring managers and human resource (HR) professionals consider members of Generation X to be a more demanding age group than members of the Millennial generation when applying for jobs.
- New Employer Survey.
Hastings, Rebecca R. // Liberal Education; Winter2010, Vol. 96 Issue 1, p5The article focuses on the results of the national survey of employers conducted by the Hart Research Associates which reveals that hiring of employers will be focused more on four-year college graduates due to economic crisis.
- Company hiring slows.
Hastings, Rebecca R. // Accountancy; Oct2008, Vol. 142 Issue 1382, p49This article discusses research by the company Careerbuilder LLC indicating a decline in the hiring of accountants. The survey also reported optimistic economic outlooks on the part of several managers. Respondents also commented on the lack of adequate talent to fill certain open positions or...
- �but staff selection using online tools remains a minority pursuit.
Hastings, Rebecca R. // Personnel Today; 11/20/2007, p55The article offers information on a survey conducted in order to determine the use of online methods in the employee selection process. The survey revealed that the use of online methods in the selection process is not widespread. It has been discovered that one in four organizations use gateway...
- investigating personnel selection from a counseling perspective: do applicants' and recruiters' perceptions correspond?
Derous, Eva // Journal of Employment Counseling; Jun2007, Vol. 44 Issue 2, p60This article considers personnel selection from a counseling perspective by investigating applicants' and recruiters' perceptions of the selection procedure, A survey was conducted among 700 applicants and 140 recruiters to investigate whether applicants' and recruiters' preferences for and...
- Situational judgment tests: An overview of current research.
Whetzel, Deborah L.; McDaniel, Michael A. // Human Resource Management Review; Sep2009, Vol. 19 Issue 3, p188Abstract: Situational judgment tests (SJTs) are popular personnel selection tests. To aid researchers, the paper summarizes the current knowledge and where knowledge gaps exist. To guide practice, the paper provides evidence-based recommendations. The paper begins with a brief history of SJTs,...
- An Empirical Investigation of Dispositional Antecedents and Performance-Related Outcomes of Credit Scores.
Bernerth, Jeremy B.; Taylor, Shannon G. // Journal of Applied Psychology; Mar2012, Vol. 97 Issue 2, p469Many organizations use credit scores as an employment screening tool, but little is known about the legitimacy of such practices. To address this important gap, the reported research conceptualized credit scores as a biographical measure of financial responsibility and investigated dispositional...
- CHAPTER 15: Employees and Independent Contractors.
Steingold, Fred // Legal Guide for Starting & Running a Small Business; 4/ 1/2011, p265The chapter provides information for small business owners concerning the hiring of employees and independent contractors. Among the topics discussed are ways to avoid illegal discrimination, ways to present job descriptions, and ways to conduct background checks on prospective employees....
- Search Committee Effectiveness in Determining a Finalist Pool: A Case Study.
Howze, Philip C. // Journal of Academic Librarianship; Jul2008, Vol. 34 Issue 4, p340One hundred twenty five applications for an entry-level librarian position were examined to determine whether a search committee at one major Midwestern university library chose finalists based on form over substance, and whether candidates who met the required qualifications were advanced to...
- LEADING NEW COLLEGE HIRES.
Downey, W. Scott // Agri Marketing; Apr2009, Vol. 47 Issue 3, p31The article focuses on how the college hires have become competitive in terms of employment. It notes that technology and society are two influential factors that contribute in shaping the potential employees who are hired from college campuses. The aptitude for mobility and telecommunications...
- A hybrid multi-criteria decision-making model for personnel selection in manufacturing systems.
Dagdeviren, Metin // Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing; Aug2010, Vol. 21 Issue 4, p451This study described a hybrid model for supporting the personnel selection process in manufacturing systems. Personnel selection is a very important issue for an effective manufacturing system, since the improper personnel might cause many problems affecting productivity, precision, flexibility...
- WATCH YOURSELF.
Knight, Helen // New Scientist; 12/23/2006, Vol. 192 Issue 2583/2584, p19The article discusses online social networks that were popular in 2006 such as YouTube and MySpace. The author states that as more people post personal information online, the data can be used by cybercriminals and internet predators. Employers and governments are also taking advantage of these...
- Delays or freeze in recruitment masks true deficit in personnel.
Snow, Tamsin // Nursing Standard; 8/26/2009, Vol. 23 Issue 51, p6The article reports that figures concerning job vacancies within the nursing sector of Great Britain drastically underestimate the number of posts that are unfilled. The nation�s Department of Health defines a vacancy in a specific way, which states that if a trust is not recruiting employees...
- The Employment of Women Managers and Professionals in an Emerging Economy: Gender Inequality as an Organizational Practice.
Appold, Stephen J.; Siengthai, Sununta; Kasarda, John D. // Administrative Science Quarterly; Sep98, Vol. 43 Issue 3, p538The study reported here uses the recent rapid growth in labor demand in an emerging economy to isolate the organizational forces determining the representation of women in high-skill jobs from labor supply factors. We test key predictions drawn from three theoretical perspectives: according to...
- Superintendent Searches.
Appold, Stephen J.; Siengthai, Sununta; Kasarda, John D. // School Administrator; Sep2006, Vol. 63 Issue 8, p56The article reports on a study which found that superintendent searches conducted by external agencies yielded longer tenures than those selected by school boards. The study illustrates a direct relationship between the search mechanisms (internal or external) and the size of the applicant...
- Chequeos de Referencias, Habilidad Mental General y Experiencia: Un Estudio de Validez de Constructo.
Lado, Mario // Revista de Psicologia del Trabajo y de Las Organizaciones; 2012, Vol. 28 Issue 2, p119Reference check is a term that reports information about personal characteristics related to job performance of one person and that another person (usually a supervisor) provide about the first. References are based on the assumption that "the best way to find out about someone is to ask someone...
- El proceso de selecci�n y contrataci�n del personal en las medianas empresas de la ciudad de Barranquilla (Colombia).
Arango, Rodrigo Naranjo // Pensamiento & Gesti�n; ene-jun2012, Issue 32, p83The purpose of this paper is to show the results of a research project, which aimed at establishing if indeed the medium enterprises in the city of Barranquilla carry out fair selection and recruitment processes, caring the company policies and procedures. We used the information provided by the...
- In WWD Today.
Arango, Rodrigo Naranjo // WWD: Women's Wear Daily; 9/20/2011, Vol. 202 Issue 60, p1The article offers information on the articles in the September 29, 2011 issue of "Women's Wear Daily" (WWD) including one the opening of 80 stores by Para SpA, one former Simon Spurr president Tommy Fazio who will join Nordstrom Inc. as the men's fashion director, and one on a study regarding...
- CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY, APPLICANTS' ETHICAL PREDISPOSITIONS AND ORGANIZATION ATTRACTION.
LU ZHANG; GOWAN, MARY // Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings; 2008, p1This article discusses research into the effect of corporate social responsibility on job applicant attraction. The weighting of corporate social responsibility as a factor in the competition for talent is considered. The combined analysis of ethical, environmental, corporate economic, and legal...
- Interviewing skills: building a Solid structure.
LU ZHANG; GOWAN, MARY // People Management; Apr2012, p30The article discusses methods to educate interviewers and improve job interview techniques in order to boost the quality of an organisation's selection decisions. Suggested alternatives to the unstructured interview are presented, including the structured competency interview, the extended...
- Ambivalent Sexism and Applicant Evaluations: Effects on Ambiguous Applicants.
Salvaggio, Amy; Streich, Michelle; Hopper, Jennifer // Sex Roles; Nov2009, Vol. 61 Issue 9/10, p621The purpose of the current research was to evaluate how gender stereotypes and sexist attitudes affect responses to hypothetical job applicants. In Study 1 ( N = 93) undergraduate and graduate students in the Southwestern USA evaluated a male, female, or gender-ambiguous resume. They also...
- Cultural Similarities Influence Hiring Decisions.
Meinert, Dori // HR Magazine; Feb2013, Vol. 58 Issue 2, p18The article reports on a study conducted by researchers at Northwestern University that found that employers, hiring managers, and human resource professionals often hire employees who share their personal interests and personality traits over employees who would do the best work. The research...
- Get to the Source.
Zielinski, Dave // HR Magazine; Nov2012, Vol. 57 Issue 11, p67The article discusses how companies track their hiring practices and how to make employment statistic self-reporting more effective for companies. Topics include why new employees are not reliable sources for how job applicants find jobs, how source-of-hire metrics have helped companies hire...
- COMPLEMENTARY AND SUPPLEMENTARY FIT DURING RECRUITMENT: AN INTEGRATION.
Zielinski, Dave // Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings; 2011, p1The article presents research which integrated perspectives from two different traditions of person-environment (PE) fit during the process of hiring employees. This study focused on the idea that value congruence affects organizational attraction through the expectations of need fulfillment of...
- Recruiting CRM specialists.
Stone, Merlin; Nowell, Matthew // Journal of Database Marketing & Customer Strategy Management; Jul2006, Vol. 13 Issue 4, p271This paper is based on anonymous research carried out in summer 2005 with eight well-known companies. Here, the authors present the results and then suggest some conclusions based on this research and other work they have done to help companies find and then manage customer relationship...
- Testing adds up for majority of employers.
Crail, Mark // Personnel Today; 8/8/2006, p55The article presents information on a study conducted in Great Britain on the prevalent forms of occupational testing, along with traditional selection tools. Employers apply four different selection methods before making a hiring decision, above the traditional interviews, application forms or...
- But it's ability not personality that counts….
Crail, Mark // Personnel Today; 8/8/2006, p55The article presents information on a study conducted in Great Britain, which states that psychometric tests or personality tests are now being used in some form by most of the business firms. However, ability tests are also being used. The public sector resorts to ability tests more often....
- …while the pen is still mightier than the web.
Crail, Mark // Personnel Today; 8/8/2006, p55The article presents information on a study conducted in Great Britain, which states that although the use of intranet and Internet-based online testing is increasing, paper-and-pencil exercises at the workplace continue to exist. Although most of the new hires will use computers in their work,...
- Combining Predictors to Achieve Optimal Trade-Offs Between Selection Quality and Adverse Impact.
De Corte, Wilfried; Lievens, Filip; Sackett, Paul R. // Journal of Applied Psychology; Sep2007, Vol. 92 Issue 5, p1380The authors propose a procedure to determine (a) predictor composites that result in a Pareto-optimal trade-off between the often competing goals in personnel selection of quality and adverse impact and (b) the relative importance of the quality and impact objectives that correspond to each of...
- The employment interview: A review of current studies and directions for future research.
Macan, Therese // Human Resource Management Review; Sep2009, Vol. 19 Issue 3, p203Abstract: The employment interview continues to be a prevalent device used by organizations and a popular topic of study among researchers. In fact, over 100 new articles have been published since Posthuma, Morgeson and Campion''s [Posthuma, R. A., Morgeson, F. P., & Campion, M. A. (2002)....
- The use of biodata for employee selection: Past research and future directions.
Breaugh, James A. // Human Resource Management Review; Sep2009, Vol. 19 Issue 3, p219Abstract: Although biodata has been shown to be one of the best predictors of employee performance and turnover, a number of important issues remain unresolved (e.g., how broadly or narrowly should biodata be defined?). This paper has three main objectives. The first objective is to provide a...
- A Research-Based Child Welfare Employee Selection Protocol: Strengthening Retention of the Workforce.
Ellett, Alberta J.; Ellett, Chad D.; Ellis, Jacquelyn; Lerner, Betsy // Child Welfare; Sep/Oct2009, Vol. 88 Issue 5, p49This article describes the development and initial implementation of a new employee selection protocol (ESP) for child welfare grounded in the results of recent large-scale employee retention studies and a set of research-based, minimally essential knowledge, skills, abilities, and values. The...
- Personnel Administrators' Preferences for R�sum� Content: A Survey and Review of Empirically Based Conclusions.
Hutchinson, Kevin L. // Journal of Business Communication; Fall84, Vol. 21 Issue 4, p5Suggestions for resume construction are often based upon intuition or anecdotal evidence. This paper reports preferences for r�sum� content from a survey of Fortune 500 Personnel Administrators. The article reviews and summarizes the empirical evidence available on resume content. Also, the...
- Selecting Faculty for Christian Business Colleges: Basic Considerations and the Role of Religious Commitment.
Kaupins, Gundars; Coco, Malcolm // Conflict Resolution & Negotiation Journal; Sep2010, Issue 3, p80A survey of 146 faculty and administrators from the Christian Business Faculty Association revealed respondent experiences and attitudes associated with faculty selection at their schools. Results show that most respondents received initial contacts with each school through direct referrals from...
- JOB INTERVIEWING.
Muir, Clive // Business Communication Quarterly; Sep2008, Vol. 71 Issue 3, p374In this article a business communication professor discusses student engagement and opinion regarding the appropriate approach to the job interview process. The difficulty of framing all of the cultural, legal, and professional norms relating to the job interview in a classroom module is...
- INTERVIEWING TECHNIQUES USED IN SELECTED ORGANIZATIONS TODAY.
Joyce, Marguerite P. // Business Communication Quarterly; Sep2008, Vol. 71 Issue 3, p376This article discusses research into the employment interview practices and their role in employee selection. The author interviews human resources recruiters for a certified public accountant, an oil and gas company, and a government regulatory agency. The results of these interviews are...
- A REVIEW OF A TELEPHONE-ADMINISTERED BEHAVIOR-BASED INTERVIEW TECHNIQUE.
Oliphant, Gary C.; Hansen, Katharine; Oliphant, Becky J. // Business Communication Quarterly; Sep2008, Vol. 71 Issue 3, p383This article analyses the use of telephone-administered behavioral interviewing in the employee selection process. Questions relating to the predictive validity of employee interview practices are assessed. Strategies for successful behavior based interviewing are framed in terms of the...
- Hire Well.
Peal, Christopher J. // Principal; Sep/Oct2007, Vol. 87 Issue 1, p42This article focuses on the responsibility of principals to make good hiring decisions with teachers. Guidelines to help in that process are discussed. They include screening meticulously, asking the right questions, going beyond the interview itself with seeing samples of work or achievements...
- A study of labour market information needs through employers' seeking behaviour.
Sanchez-Cuadrado, Sonia; Morato, Jorge; Andreadakis, Yorgos; Moreiro, Jose Antonio // Information Research; Dec2010, Vol. 15 Issue 4, p5Introduction. The objective of this study is understand the information needs that businesses have while seeking Library and Information Science professionals and analyse how they formulate those needs. Method. The analysis is performed by examining the professional skills and capabilities...
- Hiring preferences of special libraries in Makati.
Sanchez-Cuadrado, Sonia; Morato, Jorge; Andreadakis, Yorgos; Moreiro, Jose Antonio // Journal of Philippine Librarianship; 2007, Vol. 27 Issue 1/2, p190The article presents a study which examines whether there is a significant difference between the hiring preferences of public and private special libraries in Makati, Philippines. The goal of the study is to determine the qualifications that applicants must possess to be considered a candidate...
- ANTECEDENT OF AN INTERVIEWER'S FIT PERCEPTIONS OF AN APPLICANT: THE ROLE OF PERCEIVED SIMILARITY.
GARCIA, MARIA FERNANDA // Academy of Management Proceedings; 2004, pG1In this paper I test a model linking an interviewer's perceptions of similarity with an applicant and the interviewer's perceptions of the applicant's Person-Organization (P-O) fit and the applicant's Person-Job (P-J) fit. Negative behavioral expectations are proposed to mediate the relationship...
- Stereotype Threat at Work.
Roberson, Loriann; Kulik, Carol T. // Academy of Management Perspectives; May2007, Vol. 21 Issue 2, p24Managing diversity in organizations requires creating an environment where all employees can succeed. This paper explains how understanding "stereotype threat"--the fear of being judged according to a negative stereotype--can help managers create positive environments for diverse employees....
- A Behavioral Science Approach to Personnel Selection.
Dillman, Everett G. // Academy of Management Journal; Jun67, Vol. 10 Issue 2, p185Although traditional methods of selection of personnel have accomplished a great deal In predicting job performance, the perspective of these methods is too narrow. In this article a behavioral model Is developed which can be used to examine the probable effects of the organization on the...
- Personality Measurement, Faking, and Employment Selection.
Hogan, Joyce; Barrett, Paul; Hogan, Robert // Journal of Applied Psychology; Sep2007, Vol. 92 Issue 5, p1270Real job applicants completed a 5-factor model personality measure as part of the job application process. They were rejected; 6 months later they (n = 5,266) reapplied for the same job and completed the same personality measure. Results indicated that 5.2% or fewer improved their scores on any...
- Are Foreign IT Workers Cheaper? U.S. Visa Policies and Compensation of Information Technology Professionals.
Mithas, Sunil; Lucas, Jr., Henry C. // Management Science; May2010, Vol. 56 Issue 5, p745The use of H-1B and other work visas to hire foreign information technology (IT) professionals in the United States has attracted significant controversy and policy debates. On one hand, hiring high-skill foreign IT professionals on work visas can be advantageous for U.S. firms and the overall...
