Exam 7: Selection Decisions and Personnel Law

XYZ Corporation is having difficulty attracting applicants for a job opening. As an I/O psychologist, you have been hired to improve the job's attractiveness and increase the applicant pool. Based on research, the most effective recommendation you can give to the XYZ Corporation is to:

Identify and describe the steps involved in conducting a concurrent validation study.

LaFavre Foundry has hired 50 out of 100 male applicants and 10 out of 20 female applicants. It calculates that the selection of female applicants is 100% the rate of male applicants. Which statements is true?

The right of employees and employers to terminate the employment relationship at any time, for any reason, or for no reason is referred to as:

When predictors are administered in a predetermined order, and applicants are measured on a subsequent predictor only if they pass the cutoff on a previous predictor, the approach to selection is known as:

A selection ratio of 1.00 means that:

A selection tool that has poor decision accuracy and is also expensive would MOST likely also have:

A small amount of shrinkage indicates that:

Explain what a selection ratio is. Should the selection ratio be large or small?

Jacques highly values helping others and being cooperative. He is being recruited by an organization that focuses on making money at the expense of acting ethically. In this case, we might argue that this is an example of poor:

What is the Family and Medical Leave Act? What does it provide, and when does it provide it?

According to research, components of an organization's website that improve organizational attraction include:

Gina has applicants take a series of tests. Each applicant ends up with a score, so Gina can rank the applicants and see who is likely to produce the highest performance. Gina is MOST likely using which approach to selection?

Describe two aspects of recruitment that are known from recent research.

Which of these is the process of encouraging potentially qualified applicants to seek employment with a particular company?

Peyton is conducting a validity study on a selection battery and has taken a first step by collecting both predictor and criteria data from incumbents at the same time. The type of study Peyton is conducting is referred to as:

Recent research has demonstrated that individuals who benefit from affirmative action are:

What is utility, and what three things affect the utility of a selection battery?

A railroad company posts a sign that says "Women need not apply." Because discrimination is intentional in this instance, the case that could be brought against the railroad is:

The correlation between the combination of all predictors in a selection battery and the criterion is represented by: