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THE RELATIONSHIP OF INTERVIEWERs' PREINTERVIEW IMPRESSIONS TO SELECTION AND RECRUITMENT OUTCOMES
Author(s) -
MACAN THERESE HOFF,
DIPBOYE ROBERT L.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
personnel psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.076
H-Index - 142
eISSN - 1744-6570
pISSN - 0031-5826
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-6570.1990.tb00681.x
Subject(s) - psychology , personnel selection , selection (genetic algorithm) , perception , process (computing) , applied psychology , social psychology , impression formation , social perception , management , computer science , artificial intelligence , neuroscience , economics , operating system
Many interviewers must handle the competing demands of assessment and recruitment when conducting interviews. Both interviewers and applicants in a college placement setting provided their perceptions of each other and the interview process. The present study explored possible mediators and moderators of the relationship of interviewers' preinterview impressions of applicants to their postinterview impressions of the same applicants, as well as the effects on recruiting success. Consistent with a process model of the interview (Dipboye, 1982), preinterview impressions were positively related to postinterview impressions. Several other predictions were not supported, however, and suggestions are made for modifications in the process model and directions for future research.