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Examining the Criterion‐Related Validity of the Employee Screening Questionnaire: A Three‐Sample Investigation
Author(s) -
Iliescu Dragos,
Ilie Alexandra,
Ispas Dan
Publication year - 2011
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/j.1468-2389.2011.00550.x
Subject(s) - psychology , covert , sample (material) , job satisfaction , criterion validity , personality , applied psychology , social psychology , clinical psychology , psychometrics , construct validity , philosophy , linguistics , chemistry , chromatography
Across three samples ( N =475, 358, and 112), the authors examined the criterion‐related validity of the Employee Screening Questionnaire (ESQ), a brief forced‐choice measure of integrity in the workplace. Results suggested that ESQ scores correlate highly with self‐ and other‐reports of counterproductive work behaviors ( r s of .59, .50, and .47 on the consolidated scores), as well as self‐reports of job satisfaction ( r s of −.41 and −.22 on the consolidated scores), and intention to leave the organization ( r s of .30 and .21 on the consolidated scores). No predictive bias by gender was found for the ESQ scores. Based on these results, the authors encourage more research on the use of personality‐based (covert), forced‐choice integrity tests in selection contexts.