Preemployment Honesty Testing - Current Research and Future Directions

Before the passage of the Employee Polygraph Protection Act of 1988, thousands of companies used polygraph examinations to assess job applicants' predisposition to engage in dishonest activities. Despite the virtual outlawing of this procedure, screening alternatives are still needed in business. In this work, Dr. John Jones presents the current research on honesty, or integrity, tests, providing a thorough discussion of the available alternatives as well as a summary of the Model Guidelines to be used for honesty testing programs. The book covers the history of honesty testing, the current state-of-the-art research, and assessments of future trends and applications.

The work is divided into four separate sections. The first four chapters chronicle the 40-year history of integrity testing, summarize how companies attempt to control employee theft, and review research showing that the use of honesty tests yields a meaningful return-on-investment. The second section focuses on current research trends. Among the topics discussed are the psychometric properties of a leading integrity test, the theoretical foundation for overt honesty tests, the accuracy of tests and ways to reduce classification errors, applicants' reactions to tests, and the organizational climate of honesty. The five chapters in section three cover future directions in preemployment testing, including discussions of tests designed to predict productivity, turnover, drug use, violence, and accidents. The final section provides practical information for companies seeking to implement integrity testing, such as integrating tests into the selection process and maintaining applicants' privacy rights. This work will be a useful reference for professionals in the fields of security management, human resources, and organizational behavior and for courses in business management, as well as a valuable addition to both public and academic libraries.

List of contents

Preface
Introduction
A History of Honesty Testing by Phillip Ash
An Empirical Approach to Determining Employee Deviance Base Rates by Karen B. Slora
Selection Alternatives to Preemployment Polygraph by John W. Jones and William Terris
Improving Corporate Profitability with Preemployment Integrity Tests by Steven H. Werner, Dennis S. Joy, and John W. Jones
Current Research
Basic Psychometric Properties of a Preemployment Honesty Test: Reliability, Validity, and Fairness by Dennis S. Joy
Attitude-Behavior Relations: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis of Preemployment Integrity Tests by John W. Jones
Honesty Testing for Personal Selection: A Quantitative Review by Michael A. McDaniel and John W. Jones
Honesty Testing: Estimating and Reducing the False Positive Rate by Scott L. Martin
Empirical Investigation of Job Applicants' Reactions to Taking a Preemployment Honesty Test by John W. Jones and Dennis S. Joy
The Organizational Climate of Honesty by John W. Jones and William Terris
Future Directions
Development of a Standardized Measure to Predict Employee Productivity by Fred M. Rafilson
Psychological Correlates of Illicit Drug Use among Job Applicants by John W. Jones, Dennis S. Joy, and William Terris
The Prediction of On-the-Job Violence by Karen B. Slora, Dennis S. Joy, John W. Jones, and William Terris
A Personnel Selection Approach to Industrial Safety by John W. Jones
Reducing Turnover through Personnel Selection by Dennis S. Joy
Implementing an Integrity Testing Program
Incorporating an Integrity Assessment System into the Personnel Selection Process: Some Recommendations by Steven H. Werner and Dennis S. Joy
Protecting Job Applicants' Privacy Rights When Using Preemployment Honesty Tests by John W. Jones, Phillip Ash, Catalina Soto, and William Terris
Model Guidelines for Preemployment Integrity Testing: An Overview by John W. Jones, David Arnold, and William G. Harris
Index

About the author

JOHN W. JONES is Vice President of Research and Development for London House, Inc. in Park Ridge, Illinois.

Product details

• Authors: Jack Jones
• Publisher: Praeger
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.03.1991
• EAN: 9780899306209
• ISBN: 978-0-89930-620-9
• No. of pages: 274
• Dimensions: 161 mm x 240 mm x 19 mm
• Weight: 578 g
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Miscellaneous