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Chapter 7 | INP 4004 - Industrial Organizational Psychology, Quizzes of Industrial and organizational psychology

Class: INP 4004 - Industrial Organizational Psychology; Subject: Industrial & Applied Psych; University: University of North Florida; Term: Fall 2013;

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2012/2013

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TERM 1
selection battery
DEFINITION 1
a set of predictors, or tests, that are used to make employee
hiring decisions
TERM 2
recruitment
DEFINITION 2
the process of encouraging potentially qualified candidates
to seek employment with a particular company
TERM 3
person-environment fit
DEFINITION 3
the agreement or match between an individual's KSAO's and
values and the demands of a job and characteristics of an
organization
TERM 4
cybervetting
DEFINITION 4
the use of social media as part of background investigations
used to make employee selection decisions
TERM 5
validity shrinkage
DEFINITION 5
a statistical phenomenon reflecting the likelihood a given
selection battery will demonstrate lower validity when
employed with a different sample
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selection battery

a set of predictors, or tests, that are used to make employee hiring decisions TERM 2

recruitment

DEFINITION 2 the process of encouraging potentially qualified candidates to seek employment with a particular company TERM 3

person-environment fit

DEFINITION 3 the agreement or match between an individual's KSAO's and values and the demands of a job and characteristics of an organization TERM 4

cybervetting

DEFINITION 4 the use of social media as part of background investigations used to make employee selection decisions TERM 5

validity shrinkage

DEFINITION 5 a statistical phenomenon reflecting the likelihood a given selection battery will demonstrate lower validity when employed with a different sample

validity generalization

a statistical approach used to demonstrate that test validities do not vary across situations TERM 7

situational specificity

DEFINITION 7 the belief that test validities are specific to particular situations TERM 8

synthetic

validity

DEFINITION 8 validity that is inferred based on the links between job components and KSA's TERM 9

multiple cutoff approach

DEFINITION 9 a noncompensatory model of employee selection in which "passing scores", or cutoffs, are set on each predictor TERM 10

multiple hurdle approach

DEFINITION 10 a rendition of the multiple cutoff approach in which the predictors are administered in a predetermined order and applicants are measured on the next predictor only if they scored above the cutoff on the previous predictor

adverse impact

the most accepted operationalization of discrimination, defined in the EEOC Guidelines as the 80% rule of thumb; a selection battery exhibits adverse impact against a group if the selection rate for that group is less than 80% of the selection rate for the group with the highest rate TERM 17

affirmative action

DEFINITION 17 a practice employed in many organizations to increase the number of minorities or protected class members in targeted jobs TERM 18

disparate impact cases

DEFINITION 18 cases involving employment procedures that apparently unintentionally discriminate against or unfairly affect a minority group TERM 19

disparate treatment cases

DEFINITION 19 cases involving discrimination that results from intentional differential treatment or behavior TERM 20

bona fide occupational qualification (BFOQ)

DEFINITION 20 a characteristic such as one's gender, religion, or nationality that is required or necessary to effectively do the job

sexual harrassment

behaviors such as unwelcome sexual advances, requests, and other conduct of sexual nature, submission to or rejection of which affects one's job or creates offensive work environments TERM 22

essential functions

DEFINITION 22 tasks that are significant and meaningful aspects of the job TERM 23

reasonable

accomodations

DEFINITION 23 changes or exceptions made by an employer that allow qualified disabled individuals to successfully do a job TERM 24

undue hardship

DEFINITION 24 an accommodation for the disabled that result in significant difficulty or expense given the employer's size and resources