Exploring the Limits in Personnel Selection and Classification

by Campbell, John P.; Knapp, Deirdre J.; Knapp, Deirdre J.; Rumsey, Michael G.

• ISBN13: 9780805825534
• ISBN10: 0805825533
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-04-01
• Publisher: Lawrence Erlbau

Summary

Beginning in the early 1980s and continuing through the middle 1990s, the U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences (ARI) sponsored a comprehensive research and development program to evaluate and enhance the Army's personnel selection and classification procedures. This was a set of interrelated efforts, collectively known as Project A. Project A had a number of basic and applied research objectives pertaining to selection and classification decision making. It focused on the entire selection and classification system for Army enlisted personnel and addressed research questions that can be generalized to other personnel systems. It involved the development and evaluation of a comprehensive array of predictor and criterion measures using samples of tens of thousands of individuals in a broad range of jobs. The research included a longitudinal sample--from which data were collected at organizational entry--following training, after 1-2 years on the job and after 3-4 years on the job. This book provides a concise and readable description of the entire Project A research program. The editors share the problems, strategies, experiences, findings, lessons learned, and some of the excitement that resulted from conducting the type of project that comes along once in a lifetime for an industrial/organizational psychologist. This book is of interest to industrial/organizational psychologists, including experienced researchers, consultants, graduate students, and anyone interested in personnel selection and classification research.

Table of Contents

List of Figures	ix
List of Tables	xi
Preface	xxv
Foreword	xxxi
About the Editors and Contributors	xxxv
I INTRODUCTION AND MAJOR ISSUES
Matching People and Jobs: An Introduction to Twelve Years of R&D	3	(18)
John P. Campbell
A Paradigm Shift	21	(10)
Joyce Shields
Lawrence M. Hanser
John P. Campbell
The Army Selection and Classification Research Program: Goals, Overall Design, and Organization	31	(22)
John P. Campbell
James H. Harris
Deirdre J. Knapp
II SPECIFICATION AND MEASUREMENT OF INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES FOR PREDICTING PERFORMANCE
The Search for New Measures: Sampling From a Population of Selection/Classification Predictor Variables	53	(18)
Norman G. Peterson
Hilda Wing
The Measurement of Cognitive, Perceptual, and Psychomotor Abilities	71	(40)
Teresa L. Russell
Norman G. Peterson
Rodney L. Rosse
Jody Toquam Hatten
Jeffrey J. McHenry
Janis S. Houston
Assessment of Personality, Temperament, Vocational Interests, and Work Outcome Preferences	111	(46)
Leaetta Hough
Bruce Barge
John Kamp
III SPECIFICATION AND MEASUREMENT OF INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES IN JOB PERFORMANCE
Analyzing Jobs for Performance Measurement	157	(24)
Walter C. Borman
Charlotte H. Campbell
Elaine D. Pulakos
Performance Assessment for a Population of Jobs	181	(58)
Deirdre J. Knapp
Charlotte H. Campbell
Walter C. Borman
Elaine D. Pulakos
Mary Ann Hanson
IV DEVELOPING THE DATABASE AND MODELING PREDICTOR AND CRITERION SCORES
Data Collection and Research Database Management on a Large Scale	239	(30)
Deirdre J. Knapp
Lauress L. Wise
Winnie Y. Young
Charlotte H. Campbell
Janis S. Houston
James H. Harris
The Experimental Battery: Basic Attribute Scores for Predictin Performance in a Population of Jobs	269	(38)
Teresa L. Russell
Norman G. Peterson
Modeling Performance in a Population of Jobs	307	(28)
John P. Campbell
Mary Ann Hanson
Scott H. Oppler
Criterion Reliability and the Prediction of Future Performance from Prior Performance	335	(14)
Douglas H. Reynolds
Anthony Bayless
John P. Campbell
V SELECTION VALIDATION, DIFFERENTIAL PREDICTION, VALIDITY GENERALIZATION, AND CLASSIFICATION EFFICIENCY
The Prediction of Multiple Components of Entry-Level Performance	349	(40)
Scott H. Oppler
Rodney A. McCloy
Norman G. Peterson
Teresa L. Russell
John P. Campbell
The Prediction of Supervisory and Leadership Performance	389	(22)
Scott H. Oppler
Rodney A. McCloy
John P. Campbell
Synthetic Validation and Validity Generalization: When Empirical Validation is Not Possible	411	(42)
Norman G. Peterson
Lauress L. Wise
Jane Arabian
R. Gene Hoffman
Personnel Classification and Differential Job Assignments: Estimating Classification Gains	453	(54)
Rodney L. Rosse
John P. Campbell
Norman G. Peterson
Environmental Context Effects on Performance and the Prediction of Performance	507	(18)
Darlene M. Olson
Leonard A. White
Michael G. Rumsey
Walter C. Borman
VI APPLICATION OF FINDINGS: THE ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT OF IMPLEMENTATION
ABLE Implementation Issues and Related Research	525	(34)
Leonard A. White
Mark C. Young
Michael G. Rumsey
Application of Findings: ASVAB, New Aptitude Tests, and Personnel Classification	559	(18)
Clinton B. Walker
Michael G. Rumsey
VII EPILOGUE
Implications for Future Personnel Research and Personnel Management	577	(14)
John P. Campbell
References	591	(22)
Author Index	613	(8)
Subject Index	621