Psychological Testing Article Analysis
Psychological Testing Article Analysis PSY/480 Introduction
The article, The Reemergence of Personality Testing as an Employee Selection Procedure, by Donald L Caruth and Gail D Caruth which was published in the magazine SuperVision, evaluates the relevance of personality testing in the workplace today (Caruth, D & Caruth, G, 2009). According to the article personality testing, once very popular, had been in a slump until recently (Caruth, D & Caruth, G, 2009). The article displays how the popularity of personality testing had decreased and then reemerged as a useful tool in the employee selection process (Caruth, D & Caruth, G, 2009). This article also shows how effective the assessments …show more content…
After World War II and the Depression era, personality testing was used in many areas of the workforce from companies looking to hire people who were extroverted and could make good salesmen to the military trying to reintegrate soldiers into civilian life (Caruth, D & Caruth, G, 2009). Personality testing in the workplace continued to gain in popularity and usage until a groundbreaking case in the 1970s in the Supreme Court, Griggs vs. Duke Power Company (Caruth, D & Caruth, G, 2009). This case sparked the dramatic decline in popularity of personality testing in the workplace. The case demonstrated an occurrence of personality testing being used to help a company discriminate in the workplace (Caruth, D & Caruth, G, …show more content…
According to the Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures, any psychological test used in the employee selection process are subject to statistical validation to how much they directly relate to the job performance (Caruth, D & Caruth, G, 2009). The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission also believed that personality tests themselves are low in validity and reliability, meaning that they don’t measure exactly what they are supposed to measure, and they do not yield consistent results, the job relatedness of personality tests was also questioned (Caruth, D & Caruth, G,
The article, The Reemergence of Personality Testing as an Employee Selection Procedure, by Donald L Caruth and Gail D Caruth which was published in the magazine SuperVision, evaluates the relevance of personality testing in the workplace today (Caruth, D & Caruth, G, 2009). According to the article personality testing, once very popular, had been in a slump until recently (Caruth, D & Caruth, G, 2009). The article displays how the popularity of personality testing had decreased and then reemerged as a useful tool in the employee selection process (Caruth, D & Caruth, G, 2009). This article also shows how effective the assessments …show more content…
After World War II and the Depression era, personality testing was used in many areas of the workforce from companies looking to hire people who were extroverted and could make good salesmen to the military trying to reintegrate soldiers into civilian life (Caruth, D & Caruth, G, 2009). Personality testing in the workplace continued to gain in popularity and usage until a groundbreaking case in the 1970s in the Supreme Court, Griggs vs. Duke Power Company (Caruth, D & Caruth, G, 2009). This case sparked the dramatic decline in popularity of personality testing in the workplace. The case demonstrated an occurrence of personality testing being used to help a company discriminate in the workplace (Caruth, D & Caruth, G, …show more content…
According to the Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures, any psychological test used in the employee selection process are subject to statistical validation to how much they directly relate to the job performance (Caruth, D & Caruth, G, 2009). The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission also believed that personality tests themselves are low in validity and reliability, meaning that they don’t measure exactly what they are supposed to measure, and they do not yield consistent results, the job relatedness of personality tests was also questioned (Caruth, D & Caruth, G,