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Improving Applicant Reactions by Altering Test Administration

On March 30, 2006 by Jamie Madigan

This is kind of late news, but I thought I'd put it up here anyway. After years of nagging by my advisor, I've finally published my dissertation! Whee.

You can find it online in the Winter, 2005 issue of Applied HRM Research, or you can click here for a direct link to the .pdf file. Hey, it's not the Journal of Applied Psychology, but I'll take it.

Essentially, the research looks at ways to improve applicant reactions to selection systems by changing the way that they are administered. It's more about changing the administration instead of changing the test content. Here's the abstract:

Research on applicant reactions to selection procedures has traditionally focused on a limited set of test characteristics, predominantly test content and job relatedness. Using an organizational justice framework, this study takes a different approach and examines six characteristics of the way tests are administered and their role on such salient outcomes as company attractiveness and intentions to remain in the selection process. Two hundred eight actual job applicants vying for the same jobs in nine different locations across the United States provided their reactions before the test and immediately after. Results show that six rules (participation, consistency of administration, uncertainty reduction, interpersonal treatment, transparency, and quality of two-way communication) are related to overall perceptions of fairness, and that these perceptions are related to applicant intentions to recommend the company to others and to accept a job offer.

So there, I'm published. Well, in the world of academics. I've actually written three books (video game strategy guides), that TIP column, dozens of online articles for GameSpy.com and that whole blog thing. But this is nice, too.


  Existing comments:

Posted by Bryan at March 31, 2006 3:50 PM:

Hey, congrats! Quite an accomplishment. Looking forward to reading your paper. As long as it doesn't interfere with Oblivion (j/k).

Posted by Jamie at March 31, 2006 3:51 PM:

Heh. I'm playing Oblivion, too. :)


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