Biographical constructs for predicting employee suitability

Article Abstract:

The use of background investigation data in personnel screening is reviewed. Background investigations are routinely conducted on persons seeking positions of trust in law enforcement, the nuclear power industry, and military and civilian occupations requiring government-issued security clearances. The application of background investigation information in personnel screening differs in many important ways from biodata applications developed by psychologists. In this article, these differences are reviewed, and the construct and criterion-related validity of survey-based measure are examined. This measure taps content domains typically explored in background investigations. Seven background factors were identified. The background scales showed acceptable reliability, informative interscale relationships, and useful levels of criterion-related validity. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)

Employee recruitment

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Successfully predicting career success: an application of the biographical inventory

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Biographical data are often used in personnel situations, but how can such data be used to predict career success? A survey was designed to study 555 people who had participated in an earlier study on success in real estate sales. Now that time had passed, what factors in their biographies seemed to contribute to long-term success? Five biodata factors were correlated in the study: social orientation, economic stability, work ethic orientation, educational achievement and interpersonal confidence. These factors seemed to hold the key to long-term success in many fields.

Psychological aspects, Occupational surveys

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Estimating the validity of cross-validity estimation

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Data from a study of sales personnel were used to compare the validity of cross-validity models, when compared to an actual case. The findings indicate that the formulas may overestimate shrinkage of inventories developed through rational strategies and underestimate shrinkage in empirically derived inventories. This suggests that cross-validity estimates are less generally applicable and accurate that previously thought.

Models, Case studies, Evaluation, Sales personnel, Salespeople, Psychological research

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