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The Psychology of Personnel Selection
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Thisengagingandthought-provokingtextintroducesthemaintechniques,
theories,researchanddebatesinpersonnelselection,helpingstudentsand
practitionerstoidentifythemajorpredictorsofjobperformanceaswellas
themostsuitablemethodsforassessingthem.TomasChamorro-Premuzic
andAdrianFurnhamprovideacomprehensive,criticalandup-to-datereview
oftheconstructsweuseinassessingpeople–intelligence,personality,cre-
ativity, leadership and talent – and explore how these help us to predict
differencesinindividuals’performance.Coveringselectiontechniquessuch
asinterviews,references,biographicaldata,judgementtestsandacademic
performance,ThePsychologyofPersonnelSelectionprovidesalivelydis-
cussionofboththetheorybehindtheuseofsuchtechniquesandtheevidence
fortheir usefulness and validity. The Psychology of Personnel Selection is
essentialreadingforstudentsofpsychology,businessstudies,management
andhumanresources,aswellasforanyoneinvolvedinselectionandassess-
mentatwork.
tomas chamorro-premuzic is a senior lecturer at Goldsmiths,
research fellow at UCL, and visiting professor at NYU in London. He
isaworld-renownedexpertinpersonality,intelligenceandpsychometrics,
and makes frequent media appearances providing psychological expertise
ontheseissues.
adrian furnham is Professor of Psychology at UCL. He is also a
consultant on organisational behaviour and management, and a writer and
broadcaster. His columns have appeared in management magazines such
asMasteringManagementandHumanResources,aswellastheFinancial
Times,SundayTimesandDailyTelegraph. The Psychology of
Personnel Selection
Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic
Adrian Furnham CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
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© Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic and Adrian Furnham 2010
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may take place without the written permission of Cambridge University Press.
First published in print format 2010
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ISBN-13 978-0-521-86829-7 Hardback
ISBN-13 978-0-521-68787-4 Paperback
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Listofboxes pageviii
Listoffigures ix
Listoftables xiii
Prologueandacknowledgements xv
Part1: Methodsofpersonnelselection 1
1 Early,unscientificmethods 3
2 Theinterview 30
3 Lettersofrecommendation 52
4 Biodata 62
5 SituationaljudgementtestsandGPA 75
Part2: Constructsforpersonnelselection 93
6 Generalmentalability 95
7 Personalitytraits 124
8 Creativity 175
9 Leadership 191
10 Talent 216
References 235
Index 278
vii Boxes
2.1 Aspectsofthecandidateassessedinaninterview page38
5.1 SJTsampleitemor‘scenario’ 76
5.2 Summaryof1920s–2000sresearchonSJTs 76
5.3 SJTscoringmethods 77
7.1 Situationalism:underminingpersonalitytraits 131
7.2 Noaversiveimpact 133
7.3 Thepolygraphandthequestforanobjectivepersonalitytest 159
7.4 Theftestimatesintheworkplace 162
10.1 Howdoyouidentifyyourcriticaltalent? 220
10.2 Performance/promotabilitymatrix 223
10.3 Factorscontributingtohigh-flyerperformance 227
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