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“EXTRACTING” POLICY FROM JUDICIAL OPINIONS: THE DANGERS OF POLICY CAPTURING IN A FIELD SETTING
Author(s) -
ROEHLING MARKV
Publication year - 1993
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.1744-6570.1993.tb00881.x
Subject(s) - context (archaeology) , judicial opinion , field (mathematics) , human resource management , subject matter , psychology , management science , subject (documents) , public relations , engineering ethics , political science , law , computer science , economics , engineering , pure mathematics , curriculum , biology , paleontology , mathematics , library science
Policy‐capturing techniques have been used to assess factors thought to influence judicial decisions relevant to human resource management. This article explains why the “advice” offered human resource management practitioners and others based on these studies can be incomplete and misleading. Substantive knowledge needed to independently evaluate research involving judicial decision making in field settings is provided. Five dangers associated with the use of policy capturing in the context indicated are identified, discussed, and then illustrated. Alternative research investigating the role of legal inputs in HRM using lawyers as subject matter experts is suggested.