Date of Award
8-1985
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
Psychology
First Advisor
Dr. E. Jack Asher
Second Advisor
Dr. John Nangle
Third Advisor
Dr. Dale Brethower
Access Setting
Masters Thesis-Open Access
Abstract
A follow-up study was conducted to determine the predictive validity of a group of job-related Placement Exercises used in the selection of clerical employees for a northeastern utility company. The present study was also to determine if the obtained validities could be generalized to similar organizational settings.
The subjects included in this study were 98 clerical employees working in the job classifications of Junior Clerk, Clerk, Intermediate Clerk, and Secretary-Stenographer. The obtained results supported the hypothesis that a positive and significant relationship existed between performance on the Placement Exercises and supervisory ratings of employee job performance. After applying the results of this study to the Bayesian validity generalization procedures provided by Pearlman, Schmidt, and Hunter (1980), it was concluded that the validity of the placement exercises could be generalized to similar organizational settings.
Recommended Citation
Mitchell, Keith Edward, "Validation and Validity Generalization of Placement Exercises Used in the Selection of Clerical Employees" (1985). Masters Theses. 1401.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/masters_theses/1401