Over the past 3 to 4 years, Cornell University has been involved in research to explore how disability discrimination legislation impacts employer policies and practices regarding hiring, retaining, and accommodating applicants and employees with disabilities. The purpose of this paper is to describe the process by which Cornell conducted this…

This paper examines teachers' principal-selection decisions. It is based on a study of teachers serving on school councils in Kentucky, where teachers, as members of local school councils, are empowered by reform legislation to participate in hiring decisions. The article reviews the related literature, including values theory, work values…

Although the courts have established that there are several ways of determining adverse impact of hiring practices, the criteria the courts have used to consider cases seem to be primarily the source, scope, and sufficiency of statistics offered as evidence. (Author/IRT)

Researchers are increasingly aware of the importance of job applicants' reactions to the personnel selection process. This study examines three variables in connection with drug testing policies: (1) the potential applicant's reactions to two different drug testing policies which varied in terms of drug policy characteristics and their impact on…

Despite legislative and judicial attempts to remedy sex discrimination in the workplace, women continue to earn 60% less than their male counterparts. One factor that could influence an employer's evaluation of an applicant is the knowledge of that applicant's salary on his or her present job. A study was conducted to determine the influence of an…

This teaching guide provides an exercise designed to help college students integrate knowledge and skills from previous lectures and discussions on personality/social psychology, testing and assessment, human resources management, organizational design, job analysis, and business law, into a participative learning experience for…

Although partially caused by sex differences in aspirations and qualifications, the underrepresentation of women in professional and managerial positions also reflects the persistence of sex discrimination at the entry level. Discrimination against women applying for traditionally male jobs seems to increase with ambiguity about the fit between…

A study examined employment screening interviews to determine the relationships between an interviewee's perceptions of interview communication satisfaction, interviewer credibility and trust, previous interviewing experiences, and a number of interview outcomes, including expectation of a second interview. Data were collected from 69 students…

To replace traditional methods of minimum competency testing in personnel selection, a two stage cutting score procedure is proposed. The Angoff procedure is modified so that only a subset of test items, which assess essential job related skills, are used to determine the cutting score and to identify qualifed applicants. As a measure of item…

Prior research with the Professional and Career Administrative Examination (PACE), a multiple abilities test battery for federal candidates, demonstrated practice effects (score gains) on alternate forms of the test parts within one administration of the battery. These effects were largest for those abilities including item types constructed…

Research was conducted on the age and sex differences in raters' evaluations of job applicants' nonverbal behaviors. A ten-minute videotape of five interviews was shown to 28 members (7 females and 21 males) of the Industrial Personnel Association who had varying years of experience in personnel work. The simulations depicted job applicants whose…

As a follow-up to a 1989 study, this study examined, via a survey, what criteria business managers consider when hiring college graduates. A survey questionnaire was sent to a random sample of 1,000 Human Resource Managers whose names were obtained from Hugo Dunhill Mailing Lists, Inc. The respondents represented several types of organizations…

This document was prepared for participants of the 1986 Invitational Conference for Boards of Education in Maryland. It contains three sections that present scenarios dealing with the following issues: staffing, interest group involvement, and secondary schools. Each section includes: (1) a definition or discussion of the issues currently…

General and specific information is offered on integrating community policing and other management philosophies into an organization's selection and promotional testing systems. The concept of community policing is not necessarily a new one for many police organizations, but integrating it fully requires bringing internal support structures into…

The University College of Cape Breton, an undergraduate institution in Nova Scotia, Canada, initiated a video resume pilot project to serve cooperative education students. The generic video resume lasts approximately 15 minutes and is patterned after the behavioral interview model, shifting the focus of the interview to examples of past behaviors.…