Combining Predictors to Achieve Optimal Trade-Offs Between Selection Quality and Adverse Impact

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1380-1393

  De Corte, Wilfried ^a   Lievens, Filip ^a   Sackett, Paul R ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

adverse impact; optimal trade off; personnel selection; predictor composites; selection quality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; HUMAN; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL;

ATTITUDE; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONNEL SELECTION;

EID: 34748881781     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-9010.92.5.1380     Document Type: Article

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