Bkwl Hbk Of Selection

The Blackwell Handbook of Personnel Selection provides a state-of-the-art review of theory, research, and professional practice in the field of selection and assessment.

• Reviews research and practical developments in all of the main selection methods, including interviews, psychometric tests, assessment centres, and work sample tests.
• Considers selection from the organization’s and the applicant’s perspective, and covers the use of new technology in selection and adverse impact issues.
• Each section includes contributions from internationally eminent authors based in North America and Europe.

Evers (work and organizational psychology, U. of Amsterdam) et al. present a handbook on human resources selection for a broad range of professionals: those in human resources and psychology professionals, as well as researchers and students. An improved version of the International Handbook of Selection and Assessment from 1997, it brings together essays by international authors describing developments in the field, organized into five sections: preparation, changes in selection predictors, decision-making, selection criteria, and new trends. Key topics in these 23 chapters are recruitment research, ethics, interviews, cognitive ability, personality, emotional issues, situational judgment tests, ethnic bias, job performance, the internet, person-environment fit research, global organizations, selection of employees for foreign jobs, teams, and multi-level selection. Annotation ©2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Arne Evers is Associate Professor in Work and Organizational Psychology at the University of Amsterdam.

Neil Anderson is Professor in Work and Organizational Psychology at the University of Amsterdam.

Olga Voskuijl is Assistant Professor in Work and Organizational Psychology at the University of Amsterdam.