The Employment Interview Handbook
Edited by:
- Robert W. Eder - Portland State University, USA
- Michael M. Harris - Punjabi University, Patiala, India
May 1999 | 432 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
Research from 26 new authors has been integrated into the revision of The Employment Interview Handbook, a successful volume previously published in 1989 by SAGE Publications.
This new Handbook provides a state-of-the-art review of the research in the area of the employment interview. The editors provide an integrated examination of various streams of research. Leading scholars author the individual chapters and discuss the future of their particular line of research, raising issues in need of further investigation. The book concludes with a summary of the volume implications for theory building, research methods, and effective practice.
This Handbook is particularly appropriate for faculty and students in Industrial/Organization Psychology and Human Resource Management as well as researchers and practitioners in employee selection and employment interview procedures and policies.
This new Handbook provides a state-of-the-art review of the research in the area of the employment interview. The editors provide an integrated examination of various streams of research. Leading scholars author the individual chapters and discuss the future of their particular line of research, raising issues in need of further investigation. The book concludes with a summary of the volume implications for theory building, research methods, and effective practice.
This Handbook is particularly appropriate for faculty and students in Industrial/Organization Psychology and Human Resource Management as well as researchers and practitioners in employee selection and employment interview procedures and policies.
Robert W Eder and Michael M Harris
Employment Interview Research
PART ONE: INTERVIEW OUTCOMES: VALIDITY, FAIRNESS AND APPLICANT REACTIONS AND ATTRACTION
M Ronald Buckley and Craig J Russell
Validity Evidence
Mark V Roehling, James E Campion and Richard D Arvey
Unfair Discrimination Issues
Stephen W Gilliland and Dirk D Steiner
Applicant Reactions
Howard M Berkson, Michael M Harris and Gerald R Ferris
Enhancing Organizational Reputation to Attract Applicants
PART TWO: CONSTRUCTS ASSESSED
Expanded Notions of 'Fit'
John F Binning, James M LeBreton and Anthony J Adorno
Assessing Personality
Charles K Parsons, Daniel M Cable and Robert C Liden
Establishing Person-Organization Fit
Toward More Structured Interviews
Michael M Harris
What Is Being Measured?
Steven D Maurer, Christina Sue-Chan and Gary P Latham
The Situational Interview
Stephan J Motowidlo
Asking About Past Behavior Versus Hypothetical Behavior
PART THREE: THE INTERVIEWER'S DECISION MAKING PROCESS
Robert W Eder
Contextual Effects
Thomas W Dougherty and Daniel B Turban
Behavioral Confirmation of Interviewer Expectations
K Michele Kacmar and Angela M Young
How Indirect Unfavorable Information is Evaluated
Laura M Graves and Ronald J Karren
Are Some Interviewers Better Than Others?
Robert L Dipboye and Stacy L Jackson
Interviewer Experience and Expertise Effects
William L Tullar and Paula R Kaiser
Using Technology
PART FOUR: INTERVIEWER - APPLICANT DYNAMICS
Fredric M Jablin, Vernon D Miller and Patricia M Sias
Communication and Interaction Processes
David C Gilmore et al
Impression Management Tactics
David K Palmer, Michael A Campion and Paul C Green
Interviewing Training for Both Applicant and Interviewer
PART FIVE: COMMENTARY ON THEORY, RESEARCH AND PRACTICE
Neal Schmitt
The Current and Future Status of Research on the Employment Interview
Michael M Harris and Robert W Eder
The State of Employment Interview Practice