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32 Cards in this Set
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Validity
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An index of selection effectiveness, reflecting the extent to which applicants would perform the job as well as expected, based on the inferences made during the selection process
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Reliability
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An index reflecting the degree of self-consistency among the selection scores earned by an individual
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Behavior consistency model
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This model specifies that the best predictor of future job behavior is past behavior performed under similar circumstances
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Content-oriented strategy
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A method of collecting validity evidence that focuses on expert judgement regarding the extent to which selection devices are properly designed and provide an accurate assessment of the needed worker requirements
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Criterion-related strategy
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A method of collecting validity evidence that demonstrates statistically that someone who does well on selection instrument is more likely to be a good job performer than someone who does poorly.
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Validity coefficient
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An index of criterion-related validity reflecting the correlation between selection and criterion
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Predictive validation study
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A criterion-related strategy in which applicants' selection scores are correlated with measures of their subsequent job performance
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Concurrent validation study
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A criterion-related strategy in which current employees' selection scores are correlated with measures of their current job performance
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Validity generalization strategy
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A method of documenting the validity of a selection device by demonstrating that the same (or similar) device has been consistently found to be valid in many other settings
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Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
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A government agency responsible for enforcing and interpreting federal antidiscrimination laws
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Undue Hardship
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A legal argument that an accomdation is not reasonable because it would unduly burden the employer
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Reasonable accomdation
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A legal concept that applies to situations where individauls are unable to successfully perform a job because of their religion or disability. The employer must consider viable strategies for helping these people overcome such inabilities
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Fourth Amendment
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Amendment granting privacy rights to public sector employees.
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Fifth Amendment
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Provides all federal employees with equal protection under the law
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Fourteenth Amendment
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Provides all state employees with equal protection under the law
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Tort Law
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Civil Laws designed to discourage individuals from subjecting others to unreasonable risks and to compensate those who have been injured by unreasonably risky behavior
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Negligent hiring
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Occurs when an employer negligently hires an applicant who is somehow unfit for the job and, because of this unfitness, commits an act taht causes harm to another
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Defamation
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The unprivilged publication of a false oral or written statement that harms the reputation of another person
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Biodata Inventories
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A selection technique in which an applicant's responses to background information questions are objectively scored
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Weighted application blank
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A biodata inventory containing the same questions as an application blank
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Biographical information blank
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A biodata inventory consisting of a set of questions designed to cover a broad array of background information
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Background Investigation
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An in-depth probe of an applicant's background usually conducted by an investigative agency
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Fair Credit Reporting Act
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A law designed to protect applicants' rights in the event of a background investigation conducted by an investigative agency
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Reference Checking
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Collecting selection information from an applicant's pervious employers (or associates)
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Work Sample tests
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Employment tests that require applicants to perform some of the actual (or simulated) duties of the vacant position
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Personality tests
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Employment tests designed to assess a variety of personality characteristics that are important for applicants when hired for certain jobs
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Mental ability tests
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Employment tests designed to measure an applicant's aptitude
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Assessment center
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A selection technique that consists of work samples and other assessment techniques. It is primarily used to select managers.
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Drug Abuse
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Assessing individuals to detect possible drug use
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Polygraph tests
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Physiological tests designed to ascertain truthfulness of the information given by the examinee
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Employee Polygraph Protection Act (EPPA)
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A law that bans most private sector (but not public-sector) employers from using polygraph tests in the selection of candidates
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Paper-and-pencil honesty tests
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Written tests that employers use to estimate an applicant's propensity to steal from an employer.
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