The Employment Interview Handbook / Edition 1

by Robert W. Eder, Michael M. Harris

Overview

This completely rewritten edition of the bestselling The Employment Interview Handbook provides a comprehensive review of various streams of research into employment interviewing, including: the validity and fairness of interview outcomes; assessment of person-organization ‘it'; factors affecting the interviewer's decision-making process; and applicant perspectives on the process of interviewing, including impression management.

The book concludes with a summary of the volume's implications for theory building, research methods and effective practice.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780761906490
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	05/06/1999
Edition description:	2ND
Pages:	432
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.88(d)

Table of Contents

Employment Interview Research - Robert W Eder and Michael M Harris
Historical Update and Introduction
PART ONE: INTERVIEW OUTCOMES: VALIDITY, FAIRNESS AND APPLICANT REACTIONS AND ATTRACTION
Validity Evidence - M Ronald Buckley and Craig J Russell
Unfair Discrimination Issues - Mark V Roehling, James E Campion and Richard D Arvey
Applicant Reactions - Stephen W Gilliland and Dirk D Steiner
Enhancing Organizational Reputation to Attract Applicants - Howard M Berkson, Michael M Harris and Gerald R Ferris
PART TWO: CONSTRUCTS ASSESSED
Expanded Notions of 'Fit'
Assessing Personality - John F Binning, James M Le Breton and Anthony J Adorno
Establishing Person-Organization Fit - Charles K Parsons, Daniel M Cable and Robert C Liden
Toward More Structured Interviews
What Is Being Measured? - Michael M Harris
The Situational Interview - Steven D Maurer, Christina Sue-Chan and Gary P Latham
Asking About Past Behavior Versus Hypothetical Behavior - Stephan J Motowidlo
PART THREE: THE INTERVIEWER'S DECISION MAKING PROCESS
Contextual Effects - Robert W Eder
Behavioral Confirmation of Interviewer Expectations - Thomas W Dougherty and Daniel B Turban
How Indirect Unfavorable Information is Evaluated - K Michele Kacmar and Angela M Young
Are Some Interviewers Better Than Others? - Laura M Graves and Ronald J Karren
Interviewer Experience and Expertise Effects - Robert L Dipboye and Stacy L Jackson
Using Technology - William L Tullar and Paula R Kaiser
The Group Support System
PART FOUR: INTERVIEWER - APPLICANT DYNAMICS
Communication and Interaction Processes - Fredric M Jablin, Vernon D Miller and Patricia M Sias
Impression Management Tactics - David C Gilmore et al
Interviewing Training for Both Applicant and Interviewer - David K Palmer, Michael A Campion and Paul C Green
PART FIVE: COMMENTARY ON THEORY, RESEARCH AND PRACTICE
The Current and Future Status of Research on the Employment Interview - Neal Schmitt
The State of Employment Interview Practice - Michael M Harris and Robert W Eder
Commentary and Extension