title: Validating procedures for selecting social work personnel.
abstract: This article reviews techniques for validating procedures of personnel selection, including construct, content, and empirical validation. An actual validation study of a procedure designed to select workers for social service positions is presented to demonstrate the feasibility and utility of this approach for the social work field.
authors.forename: L S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Kleiman
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Lounsbury
mesh_terms: D002961:Civil Rights / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D004521:Educational Measurement / Q000379:methods; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006077:Government Agencies / Q000458:organization & administration; D009515:New Jersey; D010559:Personnel Management / Q000379:methods*; D010560:Personnel Selection / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D012947:Social Work