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Expanding conceptual understanding of interview anxiety and performance: Integrating cognitive, behavioral, and physiological features
Author(s) -
Constantin Kaytlin L.,
Powell Deborah M.,
McCarthy Julie M.
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of selection and assessment
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.812
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1468-2389
pISSN - 0965-075X
DOI - 10.1111/ijsa.12326
Subject(s) - anxiety , interview , psychology , cognitive interview , cognition , job interview , applied psychology , clinical psychology , social psychology , psychiatry , political science , law
Interview anxiety is common among interviewees and has the potential to undermine an applicant's interview performance. Nevertheless, there is much that we do not understand about the role of anxiety in job interviews. In this paper, we advance a conceptual model that highlights the multidimensional nature of interview anxiety by incorporating its cognitive, behavioral, and physiological components, termed the Tripartite Interview Anxiety Framework (TIAF). This model highlights the role of person, interviewer, and contextual characteristics in shaping interview anxiety, elucidates the underlying relations between interview anxiety and performance, and delineates critical moderators of these important relations. In doing so, the TIAF simultaneously advances the theory of interview anxiety, promotes further work in this area, and highlights implications for practice.