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Course Introduction
Personnel Management is a foundational course that explores the principles and practices involved in effectively managing an organization's human resources. Students will learn about key functions such as recruitment, selection, training and development, performance appraisal, compensation, and labor relations. The course emphasizes the strategic role of personnel management in achieving organizational objectives, as well as the legal and ethical considerations that influence HR decisions. Through case studies and practical exercises, learners will develop skills in fostering a productive and positive workplace culture, resolving conflicts, and supporting employee growth and well-being.
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Human Resource Selection 7th Edition by Robert Gatewood
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Chapter 1: An Introduction to Selection
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Q1) Knowledge of selection is an essential foundation for staffing.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) The crucial issue in the selection process is whether an organization can collect information from applicants and then decide who are to be given employment offers.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) Content validation uses the scores on the selection devices from a representative sample of individuals and measures how well each of these individuals is performing important parts of the job.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q4) A promotion decision is a selection decision.
A)True
B)False Answer: True
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Chapter 2: Legal Issues in Selection
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Q1) An organization has been accused of disparate impact discrimination through the use of a statistical argument.Provide two alternative explanations for a statistically unbalanced work force that are not due to illegal discrimination.
Answer: One alternative explanation for a statistically unbalanced workforce could be differences in educational or skill levels among the applicant pool. If certain groups of individuals have historically had less access to quality education or training programs, they may be less likely to meet the qualifications for certain positions within the organization. This could result in a workforce that appears statistically unbalanced, but is not necessarily due to illegal discrimination.
Another alternative explanation could be differences in geographic location or availability of job opportunities. If certain demographic groups are more likely to live in areas with limited job prospects or are less able to relocate for employment, they may be underrepresented in the workforce of a particular organization. This could create a statistically unbalanced workforce without any illegal discrimination taking place.
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Chapter 3: Human Resource Measurement in Selection
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Q1) Which of the following is not an advantage of finding and using existing selection measures?
A)They may be superior to what could be developed in-house.
B)They are usually less time-consuming and less expensive than developing new ones.
C)They are usually more legally acceptable than those developed in-house.
D)Previous research may have been conducted providing information about the reliability, validity, etc.of the measure.
Answer: C
Q2) Supervisory ranking of subordinates.
A)interval scale
B)ordinal scale
C)ratio scale
D)nominal scale
Answer: B
Q3) The first step to develop a selection measure is selecting the method of measurement to be used.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 4: Reliability of Selection Measures
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Q1) As the number of response options or categories on a measure increases,reliability also increases.
A)True
B)False
Q2) In order to calculate an interclass correlation,how many raters are necessary?
A)2
B)2 or more
C)more than 2
D)more than 3
Q3) Split-half reliability procedures tend to produce a conservative estimate of reliability.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The standard error of measurement is affected by variability within the group of respondents to whom a measure has been administered.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Explain why coefficient alpha estimations of reliability are not appropriate for speed tests.
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Chapter 5: Validity of Selection Procedures
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Q1) Job incumbents are used as the source of data in a predictive validity study.
A)True
B)False
Q2) An example of a concurrent validity study for industrial electricians would be to examine the relationship between knowledge of electrical equipment and Purdue Test for Electricians.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The situation specificity hypothesis holds that the validity of a test is specific to the job situation on which validity of the test has been determined.
A)True
B)False
Q4) What is the correction for attenuation? Why is it used? When should it be used?
Q5) The biggest weakness presented in the predictive validity model is:
A)the lack of motivation of employees to participate in the study.
B)the time interval required to determine the validity of the measure being examined.
C)differences in job tenure of job incumbents being examined.
D)differences in statistical analyses.
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Chapter 6: Strategies for Selection Decision Making
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Q1) A sequential procedure
A)Multiple regression
B)Multiple cutoffs
C)Multiple hurdle
D)Combination method
E)profile matching
Q2) Under what conditions are false positive selection errors more costly to an organization? If you want to reduce false positive selection errors,which selection decision making strategies are most helpful?
Q3) Which of the following is a method in which both judgmental and mechanical data are collected and then combined judgmentally?
A)mechanical composition method
B)profile interpretation method
C)pure statistical method
D)judgmental composite method
Q4) A mechanical combination of data yields better results than a judgmental combination for making selection decisions.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 7: Job Analysis in Human Resource Selection
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Q1) Most task statements (in a task inventory)are concerned with what gets done.
A)True
B)False
Q2) A skill is an individual's level of proficiency or competency in performing a specific task.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which of the following court cases has had a significant impact on the increasing importance of job analysis in selection?
A)Griggs v.Duke Power Co.
B)Spurlock v.United Airlines
C)Watson v.Fort Worth Bank & Trust
D)Bundy v.Jackson
Q4) Those KSAs that are most important for a job should account for more selection instrument content than less important ones.
A)True
B)False
Q5) How do you conduct a job analysis when a job does not exist but is being created?
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Chapter 8: Recruitment of Applicants
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Q1) One means organizations can use to manage image is by tailoring their recruitment strategies and methods to communicate the kind of brand or image they wish to portray to applicants.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Applicants use impression management tactics to influence the perceptions of organizations and organizations use depression management to present jobs as realistically as possible.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Both applicants and organizations have incentives to present their best qualities to attract one another.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Although research has shown that realistic job previews reduce subsequent employee turnover,the size of the reduction is usually fairly small.
A)True
B)False
Q5) What is the difference between selection and hiring?
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Chapter 9: Application Forms and Biodata Assessments,
training and Experience Evaluations, and Reference Checks
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Q1) Employers should use the holistic method of T&E evaluation rather than the competency-based approaches.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Have you ever been convicted of a criminal offense?
A)Appropriate
B)Inappropriate
Q3) As far as reliability is concerned,training and experience evaluations tend to reflect rather high interrater reliability estimates.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Which of the following is NOT one of the empirical keying methods used with biodata scores?
A)vertical percentage
B)horizontal percentage
C)deviant response
D)optimum range
Q5) What underlying principle(s)can you use to design an application form that is both "fair" and "useful?" Explain.
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Chapter 10: The Selection Interview
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Q1) All else being equal,the more items an assessment device possesses which measure the same KSA,the greater its reliability and validity.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The interview is only part of the information that applicants use to form impressions about the organization and to make job search and job acceptance decisions.
A)True
B)False
Q3) As long as you have a structured or scored interview,you are safe from charges of illegal discrimination.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The characteristic "job knowledge" cannot be successfully evaluated in an interview. A)True
B)False
Q5) What can you do to increase the likelihood that your selection interview can withstand legal challenge?
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Chapter 11: Ability Tests for Selection
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Q1) Cognitive ability tests have yet to demonstrate adverse impact.
A)True
B)False
Q2) What is the general conclusion of studies examining differential validity?
A)Differential validity exists, but it has a minor impact on selection.
B)Differential validity exists, and it has a major impact on selection.
C)Much more research is needed before we can conclude anything about differential validity.
D)Differential validity does not exist.
Q3) Differential validity is a term used to describe the hypothesis that employment tests are less valid for minority group members than nonminorities.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Testing experts do not know whether transforming a paper-and-pencil test into an electronic form changes applicants' performance.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Why is the distinction between aptitude and achievement tests difficult to specifically conceptualize?
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Chapter 12: Personality Assessment for Selection
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Q1) Personality instruments for which appropriate responses are not apparent are preferable to those for which answers are apparent.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Emotional intelligence reflects a dispositional approach toward taking initiative at work and effecting environmental changes.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Observer ratings of personality reflect the way we are perceived by others.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Two large-sample studies have concluded that distortion of self-report personality inventories is a large problem.
A)True
B)False
Q5) The most frequently used technique to assess personality is to ask for self-reports.
A)True B)False
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Chapter 13: Performance Tests and Assessment Centers for Selection
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Q1) In assessment centers,correlations among dimension ratings are usually quite high.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Trainability tests are useful for jobs requiring general knowledge or skill that applicants can be expected to possess.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Operating a machine is an example of a(n)____________ test.
A)motor
B)verbal`
C)easy
D)sign
Q4) Asking many questions rapidly and not allowing much time for the applicant's response in a selection interview is an effective performance test for assessing the stress associated with high work demands.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 14: Integrity Testing, drug Testing, and Graphology
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Q1) More legal risk is associated with using drug tests to screen job applicants than using drug tests to screen job incumbents.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Examinees with high lability are more likely to have physiological reactions that may be interpreted as lying behavior than are respondents with low lability.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)has specifically commented that integrity tests,even personality based ones,should not be considered a medical examination because such tests only assess the propensity for dishonest behavior.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The most used drug test is the urine test.
A)True
B)False
Q5) How could you assess the validity of an honesty test in a small organization?
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Chapter 15: Measures of Job Performance
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Q1) Production data consists of the things that can be counted,see,and compared directly from one worker to another.
A)True
B)False
Q2) What characteristics should useful selection criteria have? Briefly identify these characteristics and define them in a checklist format that could be used by a manager to assess the adequacy of his/her criteria measures.What is the general conclusion regarding how violations of these characteristics will likely affect the validity coefficient?
Q3) Intentional or inadvertent bias may be present in judgmental data.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The training proficiency measure is influenced more by organizational factors than the workers' KSAs.
A)True
B)False
Q5) BARS are superior to other appraisal formats for reducing rater errors.
A)True
B)False
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