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Personality and Employee Selection: Credibility Regained
Author(s) -
Fisher Cynthia D.,
Boyle Gregory J.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
asia pacific journal of human resources
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.825
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1744-7941
pISSN - 1038-4111
DOI - 10.1177/103841119703500204
Subject(s) - personality , conscientiousness , credibility , psychology , selection (genetic algorithm) , personnel selection , big five personality traits , social psychology , human resource management , personality assessment inventory , applied psychology , knowledge management , extraversion and introversion , computer science , management , political science , artificial intelligence , economics , law
Conceptual and methodological advances on both the predictor and criterion side and several influential meta‐analytic reviews have contributed to a resurgence of credibility for personality as a predictor in employee selection. This paper reviews the prior problems with personality as a predictor, summarizes research findings on the effectiveness of personality in selection, and lays out the circumstances under which personality measures are most likely to be useful. The most consistent findings are that personality measures such as integrity and conscientiousness predict contextual and motivational aspects of performance reasonably well. Suggestions for future research on personality in selection are made, and human resource management implications of personality‐based selection are discussed.