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HR Professionals' beliefs about effective human resource practices: correspondence between research and practice
Author(s) -
Rynes Sara L.,
Colbert Amy E.,
Brown Kenneth G.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
human resource management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.888
H-Index - 94
eISSN - 1099-050X
pISSN - 0090-4848
DOI - 10.1002/hrm.10029
Subject(s) - psychology , faith , certification , human resources , personality , personnel selection , human resource management , selection (genetic algorithm) , resource (disambiguation) , medical education , social psychology , applied psychology , knowledge management , management , medicine , computer network , philosophy , theology , artificial intelligence , computer science , economics
Five thousand human resource (HR) professionals were surveyed regarding the extent to which theyagreed with various HR research findings. Responses from 959 participants suggest that there are largediscrepancies between research findings and practitioners' beliefs in some content areas, especiallyselection. In particular, practitioners place far less faith in intelligence and personality tests as predictorsof employee performance than HR research would recommend. Practitioners are somewhat more likely to agree withresearch findings when they are at higher organizational levels, have SPHR certification, and read the academicliterature. Suggestions are made for more effective dissemination of HR research findings. © 2002 WileyPeriodicals, Inc.