Description
This completely rewritten edition of the bestselling The Employment Interview Handbook provides a comprehensive review of various streams of research into employment interviewing, including: the validity and fairness of interview outcomes; assessment of person-organization `it’; factors affecting the interviewer’s decision-making process; and applicant perspectives on the process of interviewing, including impression management. The book concludes with a summary of the volume’s implications for theory building, research methods and effective practice. Employment Interview Research – Robert W Eder and Michael M Harris Historical Update and Introduction PART ONE: INTERVIEW OUTCOMES: VALIDITY, FAIRNESS AND APPLICANT REACTIONS AND ATTRACTION Validity Evidence – M Ronald Buckley and Craig J Russell Unfair Discrimination Issues – Mark V Roehling, James E Campion and Richard D Arvey Applicant Reactions – Stephen W Gilliland and Dirk D Steiner Enhancing Organizational Reputation to Attract Applicants – Howard M Berkson, Michael M Harris and Gerald R Ferris PART TWO: CONSTRUCTS ASSESSED Expanded Notions of ‘Fit’ Assessing Personality – John F Binning, James M LeBreton and Anthony J Adorno Establishing Person-Organization Fit – Charles K Parsons, Daniel M Cable and Robert C Liden Toward More Structured Interviews What Is Being Measured? – Michael M Harris The Situational Interview – Steven D Maurer, Christina Sue-Chan and Gary P Latham Asking About Past Behavior Versus Hypothetical Behavior – Stephan J Motowidlo PART THREE: THE INTERVIEWER’S DECISION MAKING PROCESS Contextual Effects – Robert W Eder Behavioral Confirmation of Interviewer Expectations – Thomas W Dougherty and Daniel B Turban How Indirect Unfavorable Information is Evaluated – K Michele Kacmar and Angela M Young Are Some Interviewers Better Than Others? – Laura M Graves and Ronald J Karren Interviewer Experience and Expertise Effects – Robert L Dipboye and Stacy L Jackson Using Technology – William L Tullar and Paula R Kaiser The Group Support System PART FOUR: INTERVIEWER – APPLICANT DYNAMICS Communication and Interaction Processes – Fredric M Jablin, Vernon D Miller and Patricia M Sias Impression Management Tactics – David C Gilmore et al Interviewing Training for Both Applicant and Interviewer – David K Palmer, Michael A Campion and Paul C Green PART FIVE: COMMENTARY ON THEORY, RESEARCH AND PRACTICE The Current and Future Status of Research on the Employment Interview – Neal Schmitt The State of Employment Interview Practice – Michael M Harris and Robert W Eder Commentary and Extension
