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Explore various selection methods in social psychology and business, including job interviews, standardized testing, integrity testing, and performance appraisals. Learn about biases, faking in interviews, predictive validity, and leadership theories. Understand motivation theories like equity theory and factors influencing perceived inequity. Evaluate how to judge performance objectively, with supervisor ratings, self-evaluations, and 360-degree feedback. Discover if leadership is a trait or learned behavior.
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Ch 13: Social Psych and Business Part 2: Dec. 5, 2011
Selection Methods • Job Interviews: • Potential biases • Predictive validity • Faking in interviews
Other selection methods • Standarized testing • General intelligence & job performance • Integrity testing • Overt vs. covert tests
Performance & Appraisals • How to judge performance? • Objective vs. subjective performance – • Supervisor ratings • Potential Biases • Self-evaluations • How valid are these? • 360-degree feedback
Leadership • Is leadership a trait or learned behavior? • “Great Person” theory – • Transformational leader theory -
Motivation • Motivation at Work: one approach… • Equity theory • When do we feel inequity? • Inputs to outputs ratio • Overpaid vs. underpaid • What actions might employees take to restore equity?