Adverse impact : implications for organizational staffing and high stakes selection / edited by James L. Outtz.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Outtz, James.

Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (U.S.)

Series:

Organizational frontiers series.

Organizational frontiers series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Employee selection.

Employment tests.

Personnel management.

Psychology, Industrial.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (564 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This text is the best single repository for a comprehensive examination of the scientific research and practical issues associated with adverse impact. Adverse impact occurs when there is a significant difference in organizational outcomes to the disadvantage of one or more groups defined on the basis of demographic characteristics such as race, ethnicity, gender, age, religion, etc.This book shows, based on scientific research, how to design selection systems that minimize subgroup differences. The primary object of this volume in the SIOP series is to bring together renowned expert

Contents:

section 1. Background

section 2. Theoretical perspectives

section 3. Adverse impact and traditional selection theory

section 4. Facts of the adverse impact problem

section 5. Adverse impact from an international perspective

section 6. Methods of reducing adverse impact.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

1-136-94818-X

1-282-29361-3

9786612293610

1-136-94819-8

0-203-84841-1

1-4416-2382-5

9780203848418

OCLC:

729166453