Influence of Information about Ability and Non-Ability on Personnel Selection Decisions

1 December 1970

journal article
research article
Published by SAGE Publications in Psychological Reports

Vol. 27 (3) , 959-962
https://doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1970.27.3.959

Abstract

The influences on simulated personnel selection decisions of a job applicant's intellectual ability and the degree to which his opinions agreed with those of an evaluator were investigated in a factorial experiment using 78 undergraduates. Both variables significantly ( p < .01) influenced recommendations to hire or not hire the applicant. The results were discussed with respect to the influence of valid and invalid job-success predictors on selection decisions.

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