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Peer reviewedStutzman, Thomas M. – Personnel Psychology, 1983
Conducted a task analysis to determine the extent to which six jobs from a single classification in one organization were similar in their task composition. Results showed five were significantly different, and suggested that selection options would be affected and differing training and evaluation procedures should be used. (JAC)
Descriptors: Employees, Evaluation Criteria, Job Analysis, Occupational Information
Peer reviewedMcDaniel, Michael A.; And Others – Personnel Psychology, 1988
Reviewed validity evidence for systematic methods of evaluating training and experience (T&E) ratings in personnel selection. Meta-analytic summaries of data indicated that validity varied with type of T&E procedure used. Illinois job element and behavioral consistency methods demonstrated useful levels of validity with small corrected standard…
Descriptors: Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Meta Analysis, Personnel Selection
Peer reviewedArvey, Richard D. – Personnel Psychology, 1986
Outlines issues pertaining to possible sex bias in job evaluation procedures and reviews relevant research. Gives attention to possible sex bias in job analysis procedures, choice and weighting of factors, and reliability and validity issues. Discusses future research needs, particularly reliability and validity aspects of job evaluation…
Descriptors: Evaluation Criteria, Job Analysis, Personnel Evaluation, Reliability
Peer reviewedSchmidt, Frank L.; Hunter, John E. – Personnel Psychology, 1980
As a result of rejection by personnel psychologists of the erroneous law of small numbers and of the adoption of correct inferential procedures, the future of criterion-related validity promises to be bright. Probable future developments include widespread appreciation of the low statistical power characteristic of small samples. (Author)
Descriptors: Evaluation Criteria, Psychologists, Research Methodology, Research Problems
Peer reviewedNathan, Barry R., Alexander, Ralph A. – Personnel Psychology, 1988
Conducted meta-analyses of validity coefficients from tests of clerical abilities for five criteria (supervisor ratings, supervisor rankings, work samples, production quantity, production quality). Found ratings, rankings, work samples, and production quantity to all result in high test validities. Fifth criterion, production quality, had low…
Descriptors: Clerical Occupations, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Meta Analysis
Peer reviewedCarvey, Davis W.; Nibler, Roger G. – Personnel Psychology, 1977
The biorhythm theory of accident explanation that has been increasingly popularized in the business press was empirically examined. Municipal employees involved in work-related vehicular accidents and in on-the-job accidents provided the data. Each accident was analyzed to determine whether or not the accident occurred on a biorhythmically…
Descriptors: Accidents, Correlation, Diagrams, Evaluation Criteria
Peer reviewedEaton, Newell K.; And Others – Personnel Psychology, 1985
Presents two strategies for estimating the value of performance by considering the changes in the numbers and performance levels of system units which lead to increased aggregate performance. U.S. Army commanders (N=100) completed questionnaires. Results showed the new strategies provide more appropriate and acceptable values of performance…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Cost Estimates, Evaluation Criteria, Job Performance
Peer reviewedMumford, Michael D. – Personnel Psychology, 1983
Reviewed characteristics of peer evaluations and notes their striking industrial validity. A review of the conditions under which peer evaluations yield strong validity coefficients as well as certain factor analytic and experimental studies indicated that social comparison theory might be useful for elucidating the nature of peer evaluation…
Descriptors: Evaluation Criteria, Job Performance, Literature Reviews, Peer Evaluation
Peer reviewedArmenakis, Achilles A.; Feild, Hubert S. – Personnel Psychology, 1975
The purpose of this paper is to present a method and an illustration for taking account of the problem of nonindependence among internally "hard" criterion measurements in the evaluation of OD efforts and organizational change. (Author)
Descriptors: Educational Research, Evaluation Criteria, Flow Charts, Organizational Change
Peer reviewedGarrison, Kathleen R.; Muchinsky, Paul M. – Personnel Psychology, 1977
This study addresses the concept of "absentee-proneness", the notion that a small percentage of employees are responsible for a great percentage of absenteeism. Results showed that a core of employees was responsible for the vast majority of absenteeism in any one quarter, but that the core changed from quarter to quarter. (Editor)
Descriptors: Attendance, Evaluation Criteria, Personnel Evaluation, Psychological Studies
Peer reviewedBarrett, Gerald V.; Kernan, Mary C. – Personnel Psychology, 1987
Reviews court cases since the classic Brito v. Zia (l973) decision dealing with terminations based on subjective performance appraisals. Examines professional interpretations of Brito v. Zia, criticizing them in light of professional practice and subsequent court decisions. Distills major themes and issues from the review of cases and discusses…
Descriptors: Competence, Court Litigation, Dismissal (Personnel), Evaluation Criteria
Peer reviewedMorrow, William R.; And Others – Personnel Psychology, 1983
Investigated effects of quality, attributed author sex and organizational position, and rater sex on evaluation of business memos. Alternative questionnaire versions of four memos were rated anonymously by 146 members of a professional personnel association. Analysis of variance yielded a large main effect for memo quality. (Author/JAC)
Descriptors: Administrators, Business Correspondence, Employment Level, Evaluation Criteria
Peer reviewedPersonnel Psychology, 1976
Examines learning points, the functions they serve in manager-employee discussion, how they are developed, and how to teach people to observe them, both in watching models and their own behavior. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Evaluation Criteria, Learning Activities, Program Evaluation, Psychological Studies
Peer reviewedAlliger, George M,; Janak, Elizabeth A. – Personnel Psychology, 1989
Kirkpatrick's highly popular model of training evaluation criteria proposed four ascending, causally related, and positively intercorrelated levels: reactions, learning, behavior, and results. This article examines the validity of the three problematic assumptions of the model, the frequency of each level in published evaluation studies,…
Descriptors: Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Problems, Evaluation Research, Job Training
Peer reviewedRussell, James S. – Personnel Psychology, 1984
Reviews federal fair employment legislation, administrative guidelines, and court cases that relate to training. Results indicated that most courts will not accept training success as a valid criterion for test selection; review equal treatment factors rather than business necessity of training; and have definite guidelines for demonstrating pay…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Employees, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Evaluation Criteria
