Personnel Selection: Adding Value Through People - A Changing Picture

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Mark Cook (Centre for Occupational Research Ltd., London, and University College of Swansea)

Personnel Selection

Adding Value Through People - A Changing Picture

Mark Cook (Centre for Occupational Research Ltd., London, and University College of Swansea)

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Wiley-Blackwell
01 April 2016

Occupational & industrial psychology; Personnel & human resources management

"This is a fully updated edition of Personnel Selection, a seminal text on the psychometric approach to personnel selection by a noted expert in the field.

Focuses on cutting-edge topics including the influence of social networking sites, adverse impact, age differences and stereotypes, distribution of work performance, and the problems of selecting new employees using research based on incumbent employees Questions established beliefs in the field, especially issues that have been characterized as ""not a problem,"" such as differential validity, over-reliance on self-report, and ""faking good"" Contains expanded discussion of research and practice in the US and internationally, while maintaining the definitive coverage of UK and European selection approaches Provides comprehensive yet accessible information for professionals and students, as well as helpful pedagogical tools (technical and statistical boxes, simplified figures and tables, research agenda boxes, key point summaries, and key references)"

By: Mark Cook (Centre for Occupational Research Ltd. London and University College of Swansea)
Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: 6th edition
Dimensions: Height: 244mm, Width: 170mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 558g
ISBN: 9781118973585
ISBN 10: 1118973585
Pages: 367
Publication Date: 01 April 2016
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Preface to the sixth edition vii Preface to the first edition ix 1 Old and new selection methods 1 We've always done it this way 2 Validity of selection methods 25 How do you know it works? 3 Job description, work analysis and competences 55 If you don't know where you're going, you'll end up somewhere else 4 The interview 71 'I know one when I see one' 5 References and ratings 94 The eye of the beholder 6 Tests of mental ability 110 'a … man of paralysing stupidity' 7 Assessing personality by questionnaire 138 Do you worry about awful things that might happen? 8 Alternative ways of assessing personality 173 What year was the Bataan death march? 9 Biodata and weighted application blanks 192 How old were you when you learned to swim? 10 Assessment centres 207 Does your face fit? 11 Emotional intelligence and other methods 227 'Success in work is 80% dependent on emotional intelligence' 12 Criteria of work performance 246 'the successful employee… does more work, does it better, with less supervision' 13 Minorities, fairness and the law 268 Getting the numbers right 14 The value of good employees 289 The best is twice as good as the worst 15 Conclusions 307 Calculating the cost of smugness References 319 Index 348

MARK COOK is Honorary Lecturer in Psychology at Swansea University, UK, and founder of the Centre for Occupational Research, an occupational psychology consultancy based in Swansea and London, UK. He has more than 30 years' experience as an occupational psychologist and is widely recognized as an expert in selection. He teaches courses in occupational psychology and personnel selection; his other research interests include personality and personality assessment. He has published widely in the field and is the author of many books, including Levels of Personality (3rd edition, 2013) and Psychological Assessment in the Workplace: A Manager's Guide (Wiley, 2005).