The Economic Benefits of Predicting Job Performance: Volume 1: Selection Utility

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A summary of the major theories and research findings in the selection and classification processes in personnel testing and a discussion of the central topics involved in the practical prediction of job performance, including validity and utility models and research strategies and designs. Based on their analysis, they introduce a theory, the differential assignment theory, and explain its contribution to the efficient operation of selection and classification procedures.

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JOSEPH ZEIDNER is Professor of Administrative Sciences and of Psychology at The George Washington University. He authored Scientific Selection of Personnel and Guide to Psychological Tests (1963), coauthored Behavioral Science in the Army: A Corporate History of the Army Research Institute (1988), and edited Human Productivity Enhancement, Volumes 1 and 2 (Praeger, 1987 and 1988). CECIL D. JOHNSON is a Research Consultant to The George Washington University, with more than 30 years of experience in personnel research.