Researchers find that leader effectiveness may be judged based on the racial demographics of the leader’s work group. How can organizations stop this?
Organizations are starting to use proctored internet testing to decrease cheating on their pre-employment tests. It seems like a great idea – you can monitor applicants while they’re testing and it’s pretty hard for them to cheat. However, a new study shows why you might want to be cautious about using proctored internet tests in your organization.
Bob is a job applicant taking on online intelligence test as part of his pre-employment screening. Some of the questions are pretty hard, but he can simply Google the answers and get them right. Does he cheat? New research shows how organizations can help design these types of tests to make sure that cheating is less likely to occur.
Organizations that test for specific cognitive abilities can enhance their employee selection programs, and ultimately improve employee job performance.
Researchers investigate the ability of specific cognitive abilities in employee selection testing. Results improve organizational diversity without compromising workforce effectiveness.
In the past, the advent of greater access to computers and the Internet inexorably changed the methods by which organizations recruited talent, and also the way in which possible hopefuls searched for and applied to these organizations. A new study suggests that assessment via mobile phone could be the wave of the near future.
A new study suggests that certain personality traits may be able to predict manager burnout. Guess which ones they are.
Everyone wants to be more productive, but no one has a time machine. When there aren’t enough hours in the day to do everything, how do you set priorities, so that you can increase your productivity without the quality of your work or life suffering? Could it be as simple as a new assessment that helps identify the low value tasks you perform every day?
Does a candidate’s feelings about a company’s selection testing process affect their job performance, if hired? According to a new study, the answer to this question is: Yes. Does that mean you need to redesign your selection tests? Probably not. However, there are factors to be aware of when developing or administering a selection test.
Researchers show how job candidates assess person-organization fit via the job interview process. What does this this mean for organizations?
