Predicting occupational personality test scores.
The relationship between students' actual test scores and their self-estimated scores on the Hogan Personality Inventory (HPI; R. Hogan & J. Hogan, 1992), an omnibus personality questionnaire, was examined. Despite being given descriptive statistics and explanations of each of the dimensions measured, the students tended to overestimate their scores; yet all correlations between actual and estimated scores were positive and significant. Correlations between self-estimates and actual test scores were highest for sociability, ambition, and adjustment (r = .62 to r = .67). The results are discussed in terms of employers' use and abuse of personality assessment for job recruitment.
Furnham
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Department of Psychology, University College London, UK. a.furnham@ucl.ac.uk
Drakeley
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009790:Occupations; D010551:Personality; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010560:Personnel Selection; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D012649:Self Concept