Profile Similarity Metrics Increase Personality Scale Validity (Briefing Charts)

Abstract

Personality and temperament scales are used in employment settings to predict performance because they are generally valid and reduce adverse impact. This research investigates the use of Profile Similarity Metrics (PSMs) in place of conventional, distance-based scores to improve the predictive validity of personality and temperament scales against job continuance outcomes. Analyses documented that: PSMs consistently accounted for over 90 of the variance in personality and temperament scales computed using conventional metrics; the optimal weighting of PSMs provided incremental validity gains over conventional scores for four of the ten scales; and the use of a consensual scoring key provided incremental gains over the use of a conventional scoring key for four of the fourteen scales. Implications are discussed. Includes PowerPoint poster presentation (12 slides). Presented at the 2016 SIOP Conference in Anaheim, California, April 14-16, 2016.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 15, 2016
Accession Number
AD1017330

Entities

People

  • Kristin Repchick
  • Peter J. Legree
  • Robert N. Kilcullen

Organizations

  • U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences

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Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Behavior And Behavior Mechanisms
  • California
  • Department Of Defense
  • Employment
  • Human Behavior
  • Military Research
  • Personality
  • Personnel Management
  • Personnel Selection
  • Physical Activity
  • Psychological Tests
  • Psychology
  • Ratings
  • Social Sciences
  • Standards
  • Statistics
  • Students

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

Readers

  • Instructional Design and Training Evaluation.
  • Psychological Intervention/Treatment for Stress, Anxiety, PTSD, and Related Emotional and Cognitive Health Symptoms.
  • Regression Analysis.