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B.m

Amdistinctionmismmadembetweenmformativemandmsummativemevaluationminmthemliteraturemonmevalu
ation.mFormativemevaluationsmaremconductedmduringmthemdeliverymofmtheminterventionmtomidentify
mwaysmtomimprovemit.mSummativemevaluationsm(a.)maremconductedmatmthemendmofmtheminterventio


nmtomevaluatemitsmeffectivenessmandmparticipants'mreactionsmtomit.mAmneedsmanalysism(d.)mismthemfir
stmstepminmdevelopingmamtrainingmprogram.mItmismconductedmpriormtomdevelopingmanminterventionm
tomdeterminemwhatmtheminterventionmshouldminclude.mWhereasmthemutilitymanalysism(c.)msummari
zesmandmidentifiesmkeymvariablesmthatmdescribemthemconsequencesmofmHRmprogramsm-
mCORRECTmANSWERmAm__________________mismperformedmduringmthemdevelopmentmormdeliver


ymofmanminterventionmtomdeterminemifmitmneedsmtombemmodifiedminmordermtommeetmitsmgoals.m

m A.msummativemevaluation

m B.mformativemevaluation

m C.mutilitymanalysis

m D.mneedsmanalysis



B.m

Theremismsomemevidencemthatminterviewersmplacemlessmimportancemonminterviewminformationmwh
enmbiodatamismnotmverymfavorablemandmmoremimportancemwhenmitmismsupportivemofmamhiringmdecis
ion.mApparently,mamgoodminterviewmcannotmmakemupmformambadmhistory,mbutmamgoodmhistorymcanm
bemsupportedmormcanceledmoutmbymthemresultsmofmtheminterviewm-

,CORRECTmANSWERmInmtermsmofminterviewsmasmselectionmtechniques,mwhichmofmthemfollowingmism
m


mostmconsistentmwithmthemresearch?

m A.mPanelminterviewsmgenerallymhavemthemhighestmlevelsmofmvalidity,mandmtheymaremespeciallymvalid
m



whenmanmaveragem(versusmconsensus)mratingmismderived.

mB.mWhenminterviewersmaremgivenmbiodataminformationmaboutmanmintervieweempriormtomtheminter
view,minterviewersmgivemlessmcredencemtominterviewminformationmwhenmthembiodatamismnotmsuppo
rtivemofmamdecisionmtomhiremthanmwhenmthembiodatamismverymsupportivemofmamdecisionmtomhire.

m C.mAlthoughmthemresearchmisminconsistent,mthembestmconclusionmaboutminterviewsmismthatmfuture-

orientedm(situational)minterviewsmaremmoremvalidmthanmpast-orientedm(behaviormdescription)m

interviewsmregardlessmofmwhethermtheminterviewmismstructuredmormunstructured.

mD.mOnemofmthemdifficultiesmwithminterviews,mevenmwhenmtheymaremstructured,mismthatmtheymaremhi
ghlym

susceptiblemtomgendermbiases,mespeciallymwhenmthemintervieweemandmtheminterviewermaremofm

differentmgenders.



D.m

Ammixedmstandardmscalemtriesmtomovercomemhalo,mleniency,mandmsimilarmratermbiasesmbymarrangin
g,minmamnon-
hierarchalmmanner,mitemsmthatmdescribemperformancemasmeithermgood,maverage,mormpoormandmth
enmthemratermratesmwhethermthemindividualmperformsmbetter,mequalmto,mormworsem(+,m0,m-
)mthanmthembehaviormdescribedminmthemitem.mItemsmaremarrangedminmamway,mwhichmsupposedlymhe
lpsmreducemratermbiasesm-
mCORRECTmANSWERmAm"mixedmstandardmscale"mhelpsmreducemratermbiasesmby:m



mA.musingmamforced-
choicemformatmthatmmatchesmitemsmwithmamcomparablemlevelmofmsocialmdesirability.

mB.musingmamspecificmdescriptionmofmwork-
relatedmbehaviormtomanchormeachmpointmonmthemratingmscale.

m C.mcomparingmtwomormmorememployeesmonmeachmjobmbehavior.

m D.mobscuringmorder-of-meritmwhenmdescribingmwork-relatedmbehaviors.

,A.m

Ratermbiasesmincludemthemstrictness,mleniency,mcentralmtendency,mandmhalombiases.mThemcentralmte
ndencymbiasmismthemtendencymtomusemthemmiddlemofmamscaleminmratingmallmratees.mThemhalomeffectm
(b.)moccursmwhenmevaluationsmofmonemaspectmofmamperson'smbehaviorminfluencemevaluationsmofmot
hermaspects.mThemhalomeffectmcanmbempositivemormnegative;mi.e.,mitmcanmresultminmambiasminmfavormo
fmormagainstmamperson.mYoummaymhavemconsideredmthemleniencymbiasm(c.)masmthemcorrectmresponse
.mThismtypemofmratermbiasminvolvesmgivingmrateesmhighmratingsmonmeachmdimensionmofmperformanc
emregardlessmofmtheirmactualmperformance.mHowever,mthemquestionmdoesmnotmindicatemthatmallmth
emratingsmaremhigh,monlymthatmMargaretmismreluctantmtomgivemlowmscoresmformpoormperformance.mS
everitymerrorm(d.),mormstrictnessmbias,mrefersmtomthemtendencymtomusemthemlowmendmofmamratingmsca
lemtomratemallmrateesm-
mCORRECTmANSWERmMargaretmismreluctantmtomgivempoormratingsmtomhermsubordinatesmformfearmof


m"rufflingmfeathers."mConsequently,mshemtendsmtombemunusuallymeasyminmhermratings.mMargaretmism


committingmwhatmtypemofmerror?m

m A.mcentralmtendency

m B.mhalo

m C.mleniency

m D.mseverity



B.m

Validitymgeneralization,mormgeneralizedmevidencemofmvalidity,mismevidencemofmvaliditymthatmgenerali
zesmtomsetting(s)mothermthanmthemsetting(s)minmwhichmthemoriginalmvalidationmevidencemwasmdocu
mentedmandmismaccumulatedmthroughmstrategiesmsuchmasmsyntheticmvalidity/jobmcomponentmvalid
itym(a.),mtransportabilitym(c.)mandmmeta-
analysism(d.).mSyntheticmvalidity/jobmcomponentmvaliditymismbasedmonmpreviousmdemonstrationmof
mthemvaliditymofminferencesmfrommscoresmonmthemselectionmproceduremormbatterymwithmrespectmtom


onemormmoremdomainsmofmworkm(jobmcomponents).mTransportabilitymrefersmtomamstrategymformgen
eralizingmevidencemofmvalidityminmwhichmdemonstrationmofmimportantmsimilaritiesmbetweenmdiffer
entmworkmsettingsmismusedmtominfermthatmvalidationmevidencemformamselectionmproceduremaccumul
atedminmonemworkmsettingmgeneralizesmtomanothermworkmsettingm-
mCORRECTmANSWERmJustificationmformthemusemofmamselectionmproceduremormbatteryminmamnewmset


tingmwithoutmconductingmamlocalmvalidationmresearchmstudymismreferredmtomas:m

, m A.msyntheticmvalidity.

m B.mvaliditymgeneralization.

m C.mtransportability.

m D.mmeta-analysis.



C.m

DawismandmLofquist'sm(1964)mTheorymofmWorkmAdjustmentmdefinesmsatisfactionmasmanmindividual's
msatisfactionmwithmamjobmbasedmonmhowmwellmitmmeetsmthemindividualmemployee'smneeds.mSatisfac


torinessmrefersmtomthemdegreemtomwhichmthememployee'smskillsmmeetmthemrequirementsmofmthemjo
bmandmtomwhichmthememployeemsuccessfullymperformsmthemjob.mAccordingmtomTWA,mbothmareminfl
uencesmofmemploymentmtenure.m-
mCORRECTmANSWERmThemTheorymofmWorkmAdjustmentm(TWA)mismamperson-


environmentmfitmtheorymofmcareermdevelopmentmthatmindicatesmemploymentmtenuremismtiedmto:m

m A.morganizationalmculture

m B.morganizationalmjustice

m C.msatisfactionmandmsatisfactoriness

m D.msatisfactionmandmability



C.m

Highmgroupmcohesivenessmhasmpositivemandmnegativemconsequences.mInmtermsmofmproductivity,mth
emrelationshipmbetweenmgroupmcohesivenessmandmgroupmproductivitymismaffectedmbymseveralmmod
eratormvariables.mOnemofmwhichmismmanagementmsupportiveness.mHighmmanagementmsupportmism
associatedmwithmhighmlevelsmofmproductivitymformcohesivemgroups,mwhilemmanagementmhostilitymis
massociatedmwithmlowmproductivitymformcohesivemgroups.m-


mCORRECTmANSWERmWithmrespectmtomproductivity,mcohesivemgroupsmaremassociatedmwith:m



m A.mlowmlevelsmofmproductivitymformthemgroup

m B.mhighmlevelsmofmproductivitymformthemgroup

m C.mhighermlevelsmofmproductivitymformthemgroupmonlymwhenmmanagementmismsupportive

m D.mhighermlevelsmofmproductivitymformthemgroupmonlymwhenmmanagementmismhostilemorm