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Integrity Testing, Personality, and Design: Interpreting the Personnel Reaction Blank

Authors: Kevin A. Byle, Thomas M. Holtgraves

Published in: Journal of Business and Psychology | Issue 4/2008

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Companies and organizations use integrity tests to screen job applicants, and the fakability of these tests remains a concern. The present study uses two separate designs to analyze the fakability of the Personnel Reaction Blank (PRB) and the personality constructs related to integrity test scores. The results demonstrate that the PRB can be successfully faked. Moreover, a within-participants design resulted in significantly greater faking than the between-participants design. The personality constructs conscientiousness, agreeableness, and neuroticism were significantly correlated with honest scores on the PRB, and there was a significant negative correlation between conscientiousness and magnitude of faking.

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Title: Integrity Testing, Personality, and Design: Interpreting the Personnel Reaction Blank
Authors: Kevin A. Byle
Thomas M. Holtgraves
Publication date: 01-06-2008
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Journal of Business and Psychology / Issue 4/2008
Print ISSN: 0889-3268
Electronic ISSN: 1573-353X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10869-008-9059-z

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