The Validity and Fairness of Alternatives to Cognitive Tests

A Theory of Social Comparison Processes

1954 • 18,417 citations

Essentials of Psychological Testing

1960 • 4,566 citations

Validity and utility of alternative predictors of job performance.

1984 • 1,522 citations

Validity and utility of alternative predictors of job performance.

1984 • 1,394 citations

A meta-analysis of the relation between personality traits and leadership perceptions: An application of validity generalization procedures.

1986 • 1,124 citations

A META‐ANALYSIS OF SELF‐SUPERVISOR, SELF‐PEER, AND PEER‐SUPERVISOR RATINGS

1988 • 1,092 citations

Cognitive ability, cognitive aptitudes, job knowledge, and job performance

1986 • 1,007 citations

Validity of self-evaluation of ability: A review and meta-analysis.

1982 • 937 citations

Development of a general solution to the problem of validity generalization.

1977 • 754 citations

International Review of Industrial and Organizational Psychology 1988.

1990 • 748 citations

Impact of job experience and ability on job knowledge, work sample performance, and supervisory ratings of job performance.

1986 • 733 citations

Leadership motive pattern and long-term success in management.

1982 • 722 citations

Human Resource Selection

1987 • 713 citations

TEST BIAS: PREDICTION OF GRADES OF NEGRO AND WHITE STUDENTS IN INTEGRATED COLLEGES

1968 • 657 citations

Measurement and prediction, clinical and statistical.

1966 • 606 citations

Validity Of Personality Measures In Personnel Selection

1965 • 595 citations

METAANALYSES OF VALIDITY STUDIES PUBLISHED BETWEEN 1964 AND 1982 AND THE INVESTIGATION OF STUDY CHARACTERISTICS

1984 • 576 citations

THE EMPLOYMENT INTERVIEW: A SUMMARY AND REVIEW OF RECENT RESEARCH¹

1982 • 551 citations

Meta-analysis of assessment center validity.

1987 • 470 citations

Assessment Centers and Managerial Performance

1982 • 426 citations

VALIDITY AND FAIRNESS OF SOME ALTERNATIVE EMPLOYEE SELECTION PROCEDURES¹

1982 • 407 citations

Methods of peer assessment.

1978 • 391 citations

Signs, samples, and criteria.

1968 • 387 citations

A meta-analysis of ratee race effects in performance ratings.

1985 • 380 citations

The Validity of Occupational Aptitude Tests.

1967 • 379 citations

The situational interview.

1980 • 370 citations

Job experience correlates of job performance.

1988 • 347 citations

THE VALIDITY OF APTITUDE TESTS IN PERSONNEL SELECTION

1973 • 346 citations

INTEGRITY TESTING FOR PERSONNEL SELECTION: AN UPDATE

1989 • 329 citations

The assessment center in the measurement of potential for business management.

1966 • 309 citations

STRUCTURED INTERVIEWING: RAISING THE PSYCHOMETRIC PROPERTIES OF THE EMPLOYMENT INTERVIEW

1988 • 298 citations

Strength and fitness and subsequent back injuries in firefighters

1980 • 297 citations

Constructs and assessment center dimensions: Some troubling empirical findings.

1982 • 264 citations

The selection interview since 1949.

1965 • 260 citations

PSYCHOMETRIC PROPERTIES OF SELF‐APPRAISALS OF JOB PERFORMANCE

1980 • 259 citations

Initial comparisons of patterned behavior description interviews versus unstructured interviews.

1982 • 253 citations

Academic Achievement and Job Performance

2016 • 253 citations

Rater bias in performance ratings: Superior, self-, and peer ratings.

1978 • 246 citations

Fairness in selecting employees

1979 • 224 citations

THE SELECTION INTERVIEW— A RE‐EVALUATION OF PUBLISHED RESEARCH¹

1964 • 218 citations

Race and sex as determinants of ratings by potential employers in a simulated work-sampling task.

1974 • 206 citations

Joint relation of experience and ability with job performance: Test of three hypotheses.

1988 • 200 citations

HONESTY TESTING FOR PERSONNEL SELECTION: A REVIEW AND CRITIQUE

1984 • 196 citations

WHY DO ASSESSMENT CENTERS WORK? THE PUZZLE OF ASSESSMENT CENTER VALIDITY

1987 • 178 citations

Do people do what they say? Further studies on the situational interview.

1984 • 166 citations

A model of hiring decisions in real employment interviews.

1987 • 138 citations

Age, experience, and performance on speed and skill jobs in an applied setting.

1983 • 133 citations

SUMMARY OF RESEARCH ON THE SELECTION INTERVIEW SINCE 1964

1969 • 131 citations

Applying the Assessment Center Method

1977 • 131 citations

REALISTIC WORK SAMPLE TESTS: A REVIEW

1974 • 130 citations

Situational specificity in assessment center ratings: A confirmatory factor analysis.

1987 • 128 citations

An investigation of sex discrimination in recruiters' evaluations of actual applicants.

1988 • 126 citations

Development and application of a new method for assessing job performance in behavioral/economic terms.

1986 • 116 citations

Inflation bias in self-assessment examinations: Implications for valid employee selection.

1984 • 115 citations

Comparison of peer assessment methods: Reliability, validity, friendship bias, and user reaction.

1981 • 113 citations

USER ACCEPTANCE OF PEER APPRAISALS IN AN INDUSTRIAL SETTING

1987 • 110 citations

The Relationship between College Grades and Adult Achievement. A Review of the Literature.

1965 • 108 citations

Pre-employment honesty testing: Fakability, reactions of test takers, and company image

1987 • 108 citations

THE PREDICTABILITY OF EMPLOYEE TENURE: A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE¹

1967 • 105 citations

SOCIAL COMPARISON THEORY AND THE EVALUATION OF PEER EVALUATIONS: A REVIEW AND SOME APPLIED IMPLICATIONS

1983 • 102 citations

Work sample tests: Validity, adverse impact and applicant reaction

1982 • 100 citations

A SURVEY OF INDIVIDUAL ASSESSMENT PRACTICES BY I/O PSYCHOLOGISTS

1987 • 97 citations

JOB SAMPLE VS. PAPER‐AND‐PENCIL TRADES AND TECHNICAL TESTS: ADVERSE IMPACT AND EXAMINEE ATTITUDES¹

1977 • 97 citations

ASSESSMENT CENTERS—VALID OR MERELY PRESCIENT¹

1977 • 96 citations

A META‐ANALYSIS OF THE VALIDITY OF METHODS FOR RATING TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE IN PERSONNEL SELECTION

1988 • 94 citations

Psychological Issues in Personnel Decisions

1984 • 92 citations

Development and evaluation of the "accomplishment record" method of selecting and promoting professionals.

1984 • 92 citations

Psychological Factors Related to Employees' Theft in the Convenience Store Industry

1982 • 89 citations

MANAGEMENT ASSESSMENT CENTER EVALUATIONS AND SUBSEQUENT JOB PERFORMANCE OF WHITE AND BLACK FEMALES

1976 • 89 citations

ASSESSMENT CENTERS AND CONTENT VALIDITY: SOME NEGLECTED ISSUES

1987 • 88 citations

College experiences and managerial performance.

1986 • 86 citations

Personality Assessment in Organizations

1985 • 85 citations

Handbook of projective techniques

1965 • 83 citations

The psychometric properties and design of managerial assessment centres: Dimensions into exercises won't go

1987 • 81 citations

PEER NOMINATIONS: A MODEL, LITERATURE CRITIQUE AND A PARADIGM FOR RESEARCH

1976 • 81 citations

Selection of salesmen by means of an assessment center.

1968 • 81 citations

AN INVESTIGATION OF USER ACCEPTANCE OF PEER EVALUATIONS¹

1980 • 81 citations

An eight-year follow-up of a management assessment center.

1978 • 80 citations

An Assessment of Assessment Centers.

1974 • 79 citations

ASSESSMENT CENTERS: A REVIEW OF THE EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL VALIDITIES

1973 • 78 citations

Realistic Expectations as an Aid in Reducing Voluntary Resignations

1981 • 77 citations

Relationship of assessment-center performance to management progress of women.

1975 • 77 citations

Effects of purpose of the appraisal and expectation of validation on self-appraisal leniency.

1986 • 74 citations

Reliability and validity of the situational interview for a sales position.

1987 • 73 citations

A comparison of the predictive validity of assessment center evaluations versus traditional measures in forecasting supervisory job performance: Interpretive implications of criterion distortion for the assessment paradigm.

1984 • 72 citations

Multiple assessment center exercises and job relatedness.

1984 • 70 citations

Relationship of the components of an assessment center to management success.

1969 • 69 citations

Patterned behavior description interviews versus unstructured interviews: A comparative validity study.

1985 • 67 citations

INFLUENCE OF ASSESSMENT CENTER METHODS ON ASSESSORS’RATINGS

1986 • 67 citations

INTERVIEW VALIDITY FOR SELECTING SALES CLERKS

1987 • 67 citations

The Use of Reference Reports in Personnel Selection: A Review and Evaluation

1979 • 64 citations

SENIORITY: A REVIEW OF ITS LEGAL AND SCIENTIFIC STANDING

1982 • 64 citations

Inferring personal qualities through handwriting analysis

1983 • 63 citations

Self-assessment in personnel selection.

1977 • 62 citations

INTERVIEWER VALIDITY AND RELIABILITY: AN INDIVIDUAL ANALYSIS APPROACH

1983 • 62 citations

PREDICTING TEST PERFORMANCE: A CONTENT VALID APPROACH TO SCREENING APPLICANTS

1984 • 61 citations

AN OBJECTIVE GROUP QUESTIONNAIRE AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR A PERSONAL INTERVIEW IN THE PREDICTION OF SUCCESS IN MILITARY TRAINING IN ISRAEL

1982 • 61 citations

An industrial use of peer ratings.

1964 • 61 citations

Learning and the prediction of performance: Development of trainability testing in the United Kingdom.

1979 • 60 citations

THE ROLE OF THE TRADITIONAL RESEARCH DESIGN IN UNDERESTIMATING THE VALIDITY OF THE EMPLOYMENT INTERVIEW

1988 • 59 citations

Successfully predicting career success: An application of the biographical inventory.

1986 • 59 citations

BIODATA FAKING: EFFECTS OF INDUCED SUBTLETY AND POSITION SPECIFICITY

1977 • 59 citations

Validation and utility of a strength test for selecting steelworkers.

1982 • 57 citations

PERFORMANCE TESTING: A ROSE AMONG THORNS?

1979 • 57 citations

Transsituational variability in human performance within assessment centers

1982 • 56 citations

Comparison of "real life" assessments of management potential with situational exercises, paper-and-pencil ability tests, and personality inventories.

1969 • 53 citations

Predicting employee theft: A quantitative review of the validity of a standardized measure of dishonesty

1988 • 52 citations

Letters of recommendation: A question of value.

1981 • 52 citations

ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE FOR THE ACCURACY OF BIOGRAPHICAL DATA: LONG‐TERM RETEST AND OBSERVER RATINGS

1986 • 51 citations

Validity of an assessment center for identifying future female officers in the military.

1982 • 50 citations

Empirical test of the validity of seniority as a factor in staffing decisions.

1982 • 49 citations

Comparison of predictor and criterion judgments of managerial performance using the multitrait-multimethod approach.

1970 • 49 citations

PERSONNEL SELECTION FOR PHYSICALLY DEMANDING JOBS: REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATIONS

1983 • 49 citations

Turnover, biographical data, and fair employment practice.

1976 • 48 citations

Can graphology predict occupational success? Two empirical studies and some methodological ruminations.

1986 • 47 citations

THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN ASSESSMENT CENTER FOR THE EARLY IDENTIFICATION OF SUPERVISORY POTENTIAL

1973 • 47 citations

Validity generalization and situational moderation in the life insurance industry.

1981 • 47 citations

Sex and race composition of assessment center groups as a determinant of peer and assessor ratings.

1977 • 47 citations

Is it rational to be empirical? A test of methods for scoring biographical data.

1982 • 46 citations

Situation specificity of behavior and assessment center validation strategies: A rejoinder to Neidig and Neidig.

1984 • 44 citations

Work sampling for personnel selection.

1972 • 44 citations

The Management Progress Study.

1964 • 43 citations

Assessment center correlates of women's advancement into middle management: A 7-year longitudinal analysis.

1983 • 43 citations

PERSON CHARACTERISTIC VERSUS ROLE CONGRUENCY EXPLANATIONS FOR ASSESSMENT CENTER RATINGS.

1987 • 42 citations

Accuracy of verifiable biographical information blank responses.

1975 • 42 citations

Psychomotor Selection Tests: Research and Application in the United States Air Force¹

1956 • 42 citations

EFFECT OF SITUATIONAL INTERVIEWS, CONVENTIONAL STRUCTURED INTERVIEWS, AND TRAINING ON INTERVIEW RATING AGREEMENT: AN EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS

1988 • 42 citations

Predicting sales success through handwriting analysis: An evaluation of the effects of training and handwriting sample content.

1983 • 41 citations

THE VALIDITY OF THE IN‐BASKET TEST AS A MEASURE OF MANAGERIAL PERFORMANCE

1970 • 40 citations

The application blank: How honest are the responses?

1971 • 39 citations

Validity and fairness of physical ability tests for predicting performance in craft jobs.

1979 • 38 citations

Self‐appraisal: A convergence of selection and guidance

1978 • 37 citations

The accuracy of application blank work histories.

1952 • 36 citations

LEGAL CONCERNS IN THE USE OF WEIGHTED APPLICATIONS¹

1977 • 35 citations

THE ASSESSMENT OF WAYWARD IMPULSE BY MEANS OF THE PERSONNEL REACTION BLANK

1971 • 34 citations

Evaluation of a peer rating system for predicting subsequent promotion of senior military officers.

1976 • 34 citations

The effects of gender on assessment centre evaluations

1987 • 32 citations

Work methods: an often neglected factor underlying individual differences.

1939 • 32 citations

COLLEGE GRADING PRACTICES: AN OVERVIEW1

1971 • 31 citations

Validity of an operational management assessment program.

1972 • 31 citations

TRAINING BEHAVIOR AS A PREDICTOR OF TRAINABILITY¹

1973 • 30 citations

AN EVALUATION OF THREE “ALTERNATIVE” SELECTION PROCEDURES¹

1983 • 29 citations

Job applicant training and work experience evaluation: An empirical comparison of four methods.

1985 • 28 citations

Clinical, psychometric, and work-sample approaches in the prediction of success in Peace Corps training.

1967 • 28 citations

Application of projective techniques in personnel psychology since 1940.

1966 • 27 citations

The Empirical and Content Validity of Assessment Centers vs. Traditional Methods for Predicting Managerial Success<sup />

1977 • 27 citations

Starting an assessment center the correct way.

1980 • 26 citations

An empirical investigation of the factor stability of Owens' Biographical Questionnaire.

1982 • 26 citations

IMPLEMENTATION AND EVALUATION OF AN ASSESSMENT CLASSIFICATION MODEL FOR MANPOWER UTILIZATION¹

1979 • 26 citations

MANAGEMENT SELECTION: BUDDY NOMINATIONS REVISITED

1970 • 26 citations

A JOB LEARNING APPROACH TO PERFORMANCE PREDICTION¹

1975 • 24 citations

Some Problems with Applying Content Validity Evidence to Assessment Center Procedures

1981 • 24 citations

Personality correlates of a measure of honesty

1987 • 23 citations

Attitudinal correlates of employee integrity

1985 • 21 citations

Assessment of achievement and power motivation of Blacks and Whites, using a Black and White TAT, with Black and White administrators.

1980 • 20 citations

The graphoanalytic approach to selecting life insurance salesmen.

1967 • 20 citations

SELF‐ASSESSMENTS OF FIVE TYPES OF TYPING ABILITY¹

1980 • 20 citations

The Employment Recommendation Questionnaire: III. Validity of Different Types of References¹

1959 • 20 citations

VALIDITY OF REFERENCE RATINGS FROM PREVIOUS EMPLOYERS

1968 • 19 citations

Racial bias in the use of work samples for personnel selection.

1979 • 19 citations

The Validity of the Employment Recommendation Questionnaire in Personnel Selection: I. Skilled Traders

1958 • 19 citations

A note on minority group test bias studies.

1973 • 19 citations

DIFFERENTIAL VALIDITY: ETHNIC GROUP AS A MODERATOR IN PREDICTING TENURE

1972 • 19 citations

Relationships among seniority, past performance, interjob similarity, and trainability.

1986 • 18 citations

Developing a Physical Performance Test Battery for Screening Chicago Fire Fighter Applicants

1976 • 18 citations

EMPLOYMENT TEST VALIDATION FOR MINORITY AND NONMINORITY PRODUCTION WORKERS

1977 • 17 citations

Effectiveness of Personnel Selection Inventory in Reducing Drug Store Theft

1985 • 17 citations

The Assessment Center Process And Content Validity: A Reply to Dreher and Sackett^,

1981 • 17 citations

A study of trainability testing

1980 • 16 citations

THE VALIDATION OF A MINICOURSE FOR TELEPHONE COMPANY SWITCHING TECHNICIANS¹

1979 • 15 citations

Fair employment, sound psychometric practice, and reality: A dilemma and a partial solution.

1973 • 14 citations

Cutting Training Waste

1948 • 14 citations

Effectiveness of a Forced-Choice Reference Check

1975 • 13 citations

Biographical data as a predictor of women's and men's management potential

1977 • 13 citations

Reexamining the component stability of Owens's Biographical Questionnaire.

1987 • 12 citations

Assessing corporate talent;: A key to managerial manpower planning,

1970 • 12 citations

Development and validation of minicourses in the telecommunication industry.

1988 • 11 citations

EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS: LEGALITY AND VALIDITY¹

1983 • 10 citations

THE PREDICTIVE VALIDITY OF A WORK SAMPLE: A LABORATORY STUDY

1977 • 10 citations

Miniature Job Training and Evaluation as a Selection/Classification Device

1978 • 10 citations

Prediction of performance in initial Officer training using reference reports*

1982 • 10 citations

THE EFFECT OF AGE, DEPARTMENTAL EXPERIENCE AND PRIOR RATER EXPERIENCE ON PERFORMANCE IN ASSESSMENT CENTER EXERCISES.

1973 • 9 citations

Relationships between two sets of biodata with 7 years separation.

1982 • 9 citations

Using biographical information to predict success of men and women in the army.

1976 • 8 citations

HOW HIGH THE VALIDITY?¹

1974 • 8 citations

The fakability of the Kuder Preference Record and the Vocational Apperception Test.

1960 • 8 citations

Prediction of performance in stressful underwater demolition training.

1972 • 8 citations

Assessment Centers: A Statistical Study.

1980 • 7 citations

Tests for success in diver training.

1985 • 7 citations

Accurate Selection of Police Officials within Small Municipalities: “Et Tu Assessment Center?”

1987 • 5 citations

Peer nominations without peers?

1976 • 5 citations

Situational Performance Tests (A Symposium)

1954 • 5 citations

A test battery for actuarial clerks.

1950 • 4 citations

Exploratory study of a matching approach to personnel selection: The impact of ethnicity.

1979 • 4 citations

A Tested Method for the Selection of Office Personnel¹

1959 • 4 citations

Review of Peer Evaluation Research. Technical Paper 342.

1978 • 1 citations

Deleted Work

1955 • 0 citations