Hiring on vocational interests to simultaneously improve validity and organizational diversity

Serena Wee; Daniel A. Newman; Rong Su

doi:10.1111/ijsa.12443

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Hiring on vocational interests to simultaneously improve validity and organizational diversity

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Hiring on vocational interests to simultaneously improve validity and organizational diversity

Serena Wee, Daniel A. Newman and Rong Su

International journal of selection and assessment, Vol.31(4), pp.504-508

12/2023

DOI: 10.1111/ijsa.12443

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Abstract We discuss how using vocational interests in the selection process can help address the diversity‐validity dilemma. First, we point out how incorporating vocational interests as predictors in selection could help to reduce adverse impact. We further suggest that by using optimal predictor weights, one could simultaneously improve validity while enhancing organisational diversity. Finally, the predictive validity of vocational interests arises from their ability to capture the congruence between individuals and occupations, which is a cross‐level phenomenon. Thus, when gathering validity evidence for vocational interests, multi‐occupation samples should be incorporated into validation efforts. Practitioner points When hiring, including vocational interests as a pre‐employment device could help to improve organizational diversity. These diversity gains could be accompanied by ideal performance gains if Pareto‐optimal weighting is used to combine predictors. Vocational interests predict job performance when there is congruence between individuals and occupations; as person‐occupation interest congruence is a cross‐level phenomenon, multi‐occupation samples should be used when accumulating validity evidence for vocational interests.

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Title: Subtitle: Hiring on vocational interests to simultaneously improve validity and organizational diversity
Creators: Serena Wee - The University of Western Australia
Daniel A. Newman - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Rong Su - University of Iowa
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: International journal of selection and assessment, Vol.31(4), pp.504-508
DOI: 10.1111/ijsa.12443
ISSN: 0965-075X
eISSN: 1468-2389
Language: English
Electronic publication date: 08/24/2023
Date published: 12/2023
Academic Unit: Management and Entrepreneurship
Record Identifier: 9984459406702771

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