The effects of temporal placement of unfavorable information and of attitude similarity on personnel selection decisions

doi:10.1016/0030-5073(75)90050-1

Organizational Behavior and Human Performance

Volume 13, Issue 2, April 1975, Pages 279-293

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Abstract

The present research had two goals: (1) to determine the joint effects of attitude similarity and the temporal placement of unfavorable applicant information on personnel decisions, and (2) to minimize such effects by providing job related qualifications predictive of job success. Two studies are reported in which subjects evaluated the resume of a hypothetical job applicant. In Study I, both the temporal placement of unfavorable applicant information and attitude similarity significantly influenced personnel decisions. In Study II, where cue validity was provided, only the effects of the temporal placement of unfavorable information were eliminated; those of attitude similarity remained. Implications concerning the validity of the selection interview are made.

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The effects of temporal placement of unfavorable information and of attitude similarity on personnel selection decisions

Abstract

Interview decisions as determined by competency and attitude similarity

Journal of Applied Psychology

Effects of temporal placement of unfavorable information on decision making during the selection interview

Journal of Applied Psychology

The reaction of interviewers to favorable and unfavorable information

Journal of Applied Psychology

Attitudes and attraction

The attraction paradigm

Procedures in the paradigmatic study of attitude similarity and attraction

Representative Research in Social Psychology

Influence of information about ability and non-ability on personnel selection decisions

Psychological Reports