Psychology of Personnel Selection

Informationen zum Autor Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic is a Senior Lecturer at Goldsmiths, Research Fellow at UCL and Visiting Professor at NYU in London. He is a world-wide expert in personality, intelligence and psychometrics and makes frequent media appearances providing psychological expertise on these issues. Adrian Furnham is Professor of Psychology at UCL. He is also a consultant on organizational behaviour and management, and a writer and broadcaster. His columns have appeared in management magazines such as Mastering Management and Human Resources, as well as the Financial Times, Sunday Times and the Daily Telegraph. Klappentext An engaging and thought-provoking textbook which introduces and reviews the main methods and constructs used to assess people at work. Zusammenfassung An engaging and thought-provoking textbook introducing the main methods and constructs used to assess people at work. A wide range of the approaches underlying personnel selection are summarized and critically evaluated! with particular emphasis on identifying and measuring the psychological variables (traits! attitudes! abilities) that determine differences in individuals' performance. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I. Methods of Personnel Selection: 1. Early, unscientific methods; 2. The interview; 3. Letters of recommendation; 4. Biodata; 5. Situational judgment tests and GPA; Part II. Constructs for Personnel Selection: 6. General mental ability; 7. Personality traits; 8. Creativity; 9. Leadership; 10. Talent.

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• Authors: Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Tomas (Goldsmiths Chamorro-Premuzic, Tomas Furnham Chamorro-Premuzic, Chamorro-Premuzic Tomas, Adrian Furnham, Adrian (University College London) Furnham
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.01.2010
• EAN: 9780521868297
• ISBN: 978-0-521-86829-7
• No. of pages: 300
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Management; Psychology, PSYCHOLOGY / Applied Psychology, Occupational and industrial psychology, Occupational & industrial psychology, Personnel & human resources management, Personnel and human resources management