title: Relationship of coaching with performance in situational employment interviews.
abstract: This field study addressed the question of whether voluntary participation in interview coaching is related to performance in situational interviews. Promotional procedures in 4 different police and fire department jobs were involved, allowing replication in separate samples. In 3 of 4 jobs, when controlling for indicators of candidates' precoaching job knowledge and motivation to do well on the promotional procedures, attendance at a coaching session was significantly related to interview performance. Following a discussion of study limitations, an agenda for future research is discussed, including a proposed general model of coaching process and outcome variables.
authors.affiliation: School of Psychology, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta 30332-0170, USA.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Maurer
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Solamon
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Troxtel
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004651:Employment; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D010560:Personnel Selection