FRAME-OF-REFERENCE EFFECTS ON PERSONALITY SCALE SCORES AND CRITERION-RELATED VALIDITY

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: SCHMIT, MJ; RYAN, AM; STIERWALT, SL; POWELL, AB
• 署名单位: University System of Ohio; Bowling Green State University; Kansas State University
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0021-9010
• DOI: 10.1037/0021-9010.80.5.607
• 发表日期: 1995
• 页码: 607-620

摘要

Increased use of personality inventories in employee selection has led to concerns regarding factors that influence the validity of such measures. A series of studies was conducted to examine the influence of frame of reference on responses to a personality inventory. Study 1 involved both within-subject and between-groups designs to assess the effects of testing situation (general instructions vs. applicant instructions) and item type (work specific vs. noncontextual) on responses to the NEO Five-Factor Inventory (P. T. Costa and R. R. McCrae, 1989). Results indicated that a work-related testing context and work-related items led to more positive responses. A second study found differences in the validity of a measure of conscientiousness, depending on the frame of reference of respondents. Specifically, context-specific items were found to have greater validity. Implications for personnel selection are discussed.