Testing People at Work: Competencies in Psychometric Testing - Hardcover

Smith, Mike; Smith, Pam

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1405108177 ISBN 13: 9781405108171

Verlag: Wiley-Blackwell, 2004

Inhaltsangabe

Testing People at Work is an authoritative, practical text on selection and assessment. It explains psychometric testing in occupational settings and also covers other methods of selection such as assessment centres and e-selection. The book systematically covers all the topics required for the BPS Certificates of Competence in Testing Levels A and B.

• Designed for students taking selection and assessment courses.
• Covers the whole process of testing, from job analysis to reporting results.
• Uses new theoretical frameworks for the topics of personality and motivation.
• Features an extensive discussion of ethics in selection and assessment.
• Includes questions testing understanding and suggestions for further reading.
• Incorporates many tables and diagrams giving practical help to users of psychometric tests.
• Accompanied by supplementary online material, at www.blackwellpublishing.com/testing/.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Mike Smith is based at Manchester Business School. His previous publications include Personnel Selection and Assessment: Individual and Organisational Perspectives (co-edited, 1993), Advances in Selection and Assessment (co-edited, 1993) and Analysing Organisational Behaviour (edited, 1991).

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Testing People at Work is an authoritative, practical text on selection and assessment. It explains psychometric testing in occupational settings and also covers other methods of selection such as assessment centres and e-selection. The book systematically covers all the topics required for the BPS Certificates of Competence in Testing, Levels A and B.

This distinctive text:

• Covers the whole process of testing, from job analysis to reporting results.
• Uses new theoretical frameworks for the topics of personality and motivation.
• Includes extensive discussion of ethics in selection and assessment.
• Incorporates many tables and diagrams giving practical help to users of psychometric tests.

The book is accompanied by supplementary online material (including sample reports and notes on some controversies in testing), found at www.blackwellpublishing.com/testing

Aus dem Klappentext

Testing People at Work is an authoritative, practical text on selection and assessment. It explains psychometric testing in occupational settings and also covers other methods of selection such as assessment centres and e-selection. The book systematically covers all the topics required for the BPS Certificates of Competence in Testing, Levels A and B.

This distinctive text:

• 
  
• Covers the whole process of testing, from job analysis to reporting results.
  
• Uses new theoretical frameworks for the topics of personality and motivation.
  
• Includes extensive discussion of ethics in selection and assessment.
  
• Incorporates many tables and diagrams giving practical help to users of psychometric tests.

The book is accompanied by supplementary online material (including sample reports and notes on some controversies in testing), found at www.blackwellpublishing.com/testing

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Wiley-Blackwell
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2004
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1405108177
• ISBN 13: 9781405108171
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 448
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Wiley-VCH GmbH; product_safety@wiley.com; ; Boschstrasse 12; Weinheim; 69469; Deutschland