Recruitment Efforts to Reduce Adverse Impact: Targeted Recruiting for Personality, Cognitive Ability, and Diversity

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 298-317

  Newman, Daniel A ^a   Lyon, Julie S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b ROANOKE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

adverse impact; cognitive ability; conscientiousness; minority recruiting; personnel selection

Indexed keywords

APTITUDE; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHARACTER; CONSCIENCE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMAN; JOB FINDING; NEGRO; ORGANIZATION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; APTITUDE; CHARACTER; CONSCIENCE; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; JOB APPLICATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; PERSONNEL SELECTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 63149094717     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0013472     Document Type: Article

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