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- Title
Selection Practices in Canadian Firms: An empirical investigation.
- Authors
Mann, Sara L.; Chowhan, James
- Abstract
Using 7 years of data from Statistics Canada's Workplace and Employee Survey, this study examined the types of selection tools used with 23,639 employees in 6,693 Canadian firms. While 79% of these employees were given an interview during the selection process, only 10% were given a test on job-related knowledge and 9% were given a personality test. Using logit analysis, job- and organization-level variables were examined as predictors of the type of selection tools used. The size of the organization, an in-house human resource department, the presence of a union and occupation were significant predictors of the use of a test on job-related knowledge in the selection process. The implications and plausible explanations of this theory to practice gap are discussed.
- Subjects
CANADA; STATISTICS; WORK environment; BUSINESS enterprises; EMPLOYMENT interviewing; PERSONALITY tests; NEUROSES diagnosis
- Publication
International Journal of Selection & Assessment, 2011, Vol 19, Issue 4, p435
- ISSN
0965-075X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1468-2389.2011.00571.x