Development and Application of a Quickly-Scored In-Basket Exercise in an Organizational Setting
- 1 June 1986
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Educational and Psychological Measurement
- Vol. 46 (2) , 385-396
- https://doi.org/10.1177/001316448604600212
Abstract
This article contains a description of the development of an In-Basket exercise designed to be scored quickly by unsophisticated workers. Results are presented of a study using this In-Basket exercise, along with other measures, in a large-scale industrial setting to predict first-level supervisory performance. Reliability results suggested that the two scored dimensions of this exercise possess adequate reliability for most purposes. Correlations with other predictive measures indicated that the exercise dimensions have moderate relationships with certain intellectual variables, but few with personality traits. Concurrent validities with various performance criteria indicated that the In-Basket dimensions provide predictive information about supervisory performance and represent a worthwhile component of a supervisory/management assessment battery.Keywords
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