The Employment Interview Handbook

by Robert W. Eder

• ISBN13: 9780761906490
• ISBN10: 0761906495
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-05-06
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc

Summary

This completely rewritten edition of the bestselling The Employment Interview Handbook provides a comprehensive review of various streams of research into employment interviewing, including: the validity and fairness of interview outcomes; assessment of person-organization 'it'; factors affecting the interviewer's decision-making process; and applicant perspectives on the process of interviewing, including impression management.The book concludes with a summary of the volume's implications for theory building, research methods and effective practice.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Employment Interview Research: Historical Update and Introduction	1	(28)
Robert W. Eder
Michael M. Harris
Part I. Interview Outcomes: Validity, Fairness, and Applicant Reactions and Attraction	29	(70)
Validity Evidence	35	(14)
M. Ronald Buckley
Craig J. Russell
Unfair Discrimination Issues	49	(20)
Mark V. Roehling
James E. Campion
Richard D. Arvey
Applicant Reactions	69	(14)
Stephen W. Gilliland
Dirk D. Steiner
Enhancing Organizational Reputation to Attract Applicants	83	(16)
Howard M. Berkson
Michael M. Harris
Gerald R. Ferris
Part II. Constructs Assessed	99	(92)
Expanded Notions of ``Fit''
Assessing Personality	105	(20)
John F. Binning
James M. LeBreton
Anthony J. Adorno
Establishing Person-Organization Fit	125	(18)
Charles K. Parsos
Daniel M. Cable
Robert C. Liden
Toward More Structured Interviews
What Is Being Measured?	143	(16)
Michael M. Harris
The Situational Interview	159	(20)
Steven D. Maurer
Christina Sue-Chan
Gary P. Latham
Asking About Past Behavior Versus Hypothetical Behavior	179	(12)
Stephan J. Motowidlo
Part III. The Interviewer's Decision-Making Process	191	(102)
Contextual Effects	197	(20)
Robert W. Eder
Behavioral Confirmation of Interviewer Expectations	217	(12)
Thomas W. Dougherty
Daniel B. Turban
How Indirect Unfavorable Information Is Evaluated	229	(14)
K. Michele Kacmar
Angela M. Young
Are Some Interviewers Better Than Others?	243	(16)
Laura M. Graves
Ronald J. Karren
Interviewer Experience and Expertise Effects	259	(20)
Robert L. Dipboye
Stacy L. Jackson
Using New Technology: The Group Support System	279	(14)
William L. Tullar
Paula R. Kaiser
Part IV. Interviewer-Applicant Dynamics	293	(60)
Communication and Interaction Processes	297	(24)
Fredric M. Jablin
Vernon D. Miller
Patricia M. Sias
Impression Management Tactics	321	(16)
David C. Gilmore
Cynthia Kay Stevens
Gloria Harrell-Cook
Gerald R. Ferris
Interviewing Training for Both Applicant and Interviewer	337	(16)
David K. Palmer
Michael A. Campion
Paul C. Green
Part V. Commentary on Theory, Research, and Practice	353	(46)
The Current and Future Status of Research on the Employment Interview	355	(14)
Neal Schmitt
The State of Employment Interview Practice: Commentary and Extension	369	(30)
Michael M. Harris
Robert W. Eder
Index	399	(6)
About the Editors	405	(2)
About the Contributors	407