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multiple‐hurdle selection procedures

Neal Schmitt


Subject Business and Management » Human Resource Management, International Management


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In a multiple‐hurdle selection procedure, decisions to reject a job applicant or to collect more information on applicants' capabilities are made at each of several, sequential hurdles. Hurdles are usually ordered in such a way that the least expensive, and/or least difficult to collect, information is used in the initial hurdles, while a more intensive examination of a smaller number of applicants is conducted at subsequent hurdles. While cost‐effective for both the organization and the applicant, the procedures used in the final hurdles may not display a great deal of validity ( see criterion‐related validity ), because important job‐related individual differences may have been reduced by the decisions made at previous selection hurdles. ( 1998 ). Applied Psychology in Human Resource Management . Englewood Cliffs, NJ : Prentice‐Hall . ( 1986 ). Staffing Organizations . Prospect Heights, IL : Waveland Press . ... log in or subscribe to read full text

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