Assessment in the Industry

Strong Interest Inventory

• designed to assess children's interest in various recreational pursuits

• test items probe personal preferences in a variety of areas such as occupations, school subjects, and activities

Self-Directed Search

• explores interests within the context of Holland’s theory of vocational personality types and work environment.

• vocational choice is an expression of one of six personality types: realistic, investigative, artistic, social, enterprising or conventional

Achievement Test

measure prior learning to some degree

• Wechsler Individual

Aptitude test

tap a greater amount of informal learning than achievement tests

• IQ Test

Second-order meta analysis

high Conscientiousness and Extroversion is correlated with good work performance, Neuroticism - poor performance

Screening

refers to a relatively superficial process of evaluation based on certain minimal standards, criteria, or requirements

Selection

refers to a process whereby each person evaluated for a position will be either accepted or rejected for that position

Selection

refers to a process whereby each person evaluated for a position will be either accepted or rejected for that position

Classification

does not imply acceptance or rejection but rather a rating, categorization or pigeonholing with respect to two or more criteria

Placement

disposition, transfer, or assignment to a group or category that may be made on the basis of one criterion

Resume

typically, information related to one’s work objectives, qualifications, education, and experience is included on a

Letter of Application

lets a job applicant demonstrate motivation, businesslike writing skills, and his/her unique personality

Application Form

may be thought as biographical sketches that supply employers with information pertinent to the acceptability of job canditates

Letter of Recommendation

unique source of detailed information about the applicant’s past performance, the quality of the applicant’s relationship and so forth

Interviews

whether individual or group in nature, provide an occasion for the face-to-face exchange of information

Portfolio Assessment

entails an evaluation of an individual’s work sample for the purpose of making some screening, selection

Performance tests

requires assesses to certain skills or abilities under a specified set of circumstances

Minnesota Clerical Test

an instrument designed to measure clerical aptitude and skills. task is to check whether the two names in the pair are the same or different

Physical Tests

may be defined as a measurement that entails evaluation of one’s somatic health

Drug Testing

• Physical test

• may be defined as an evaluation undertaken to determine the presence, if any of alcohol or psychotropic substances by means of laboratory analysis

Forced Distribution Technique

This procedure involves distributing a predetermined number or percentage of assessess into various categories that describe performance “rank”

Critical Incidents Technique

involves the supervisor recording positive negative employee behaviors.

• catalogues the notations according to various categories for ready reference when an evaluation needs to be made

Intrinsic motivation

primary driving force stems from individual’s involved in work or satisfaction with work products

Extrinsic motivation

stems from rewards, such as salary and bonuses or from constraints (job loss)

Work Preference Inventory

designed to assess aspects of intrinsic and extrinsic motivation

• contains 30 items rated on a 4- point scale based on how much the testtakers believes

Burnout

occupational health problem associated with cumulative occupational stress

• has been defined ss a psychological syndrome of emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and reduced accomplishment that can occur among individuals

Maslach Burnout Inventory 3rd Edition

• test for measuring burnout

• this test contains 22 items divided into three : Emotional Exhaustion (9), Depersonalization (5), and Personal Accomplishment (8)

Job Satisfaction

has been defined as a pleasursble or positive emotional state resulting from yhe appraisal of one’s job or job experiences

Organizational Commitment

refers to a person’s feelings of loyalty to, identification with, and involvement in an organization

Organizational Commitment Questionnaire

• a -15 items likert scale wherein respondents express their commitment-related attitudes towards an organization

Organizational Culture

the totality of socially transmitted behavior patterns characteristic of a particular organization of company

Consumer psychology

branch of social psychology that deals primarily with the development, advertising, and marketing of products and services

Measurement of Attitudes

attitudes formed about products, services, or brand names are a frequent focus of interest

Measuring implicit attitudes

nonconscious, automatic association in memory that produces a disposition to react in some characteristic manner to a particular stimulus

Surveys

fixed list of questions administered to a selected sample of persons for the purpose of learning about consumer’s attitudes, beliefs, opinions and/or behavior with regard to the targeted products