Managing Selection in Changing Organizations

In this volume, the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology provides managers with the practical guidance they need to make decisions about the crucial process of employee selection in today's changing business environment. An outstanding group of contributors--each with direct experience creating effective selection programs for contemporary organizations--makes applicable proven strategies for the design and management of the selection process. They examine selection management in its organizational, social, and legal contexts and help human resource professionals forge links between selection and other critical HR functions such as training, development, recruitment, and resourcing.

SIOP PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE SERIESDieser neue Band in der Reihe "Professional Practice" behandelt bewährte Strategien zu Gestaltung und Management von Personalauswahlprogrammen in modernen Unternehmen. Ein herausragendes Expertenteam, das über ausgedehnte praktische Erfahrung auf diesem Gebiet verfügt, diskutiert die Beziehungen zwischen Auswahlverfahren und anderen personalbezogenen Themen, wie z.B. Performance Management, Ausbildung und Entwicklung, Arbeitsentgelt, Personalplanung und deren praktische Anwendung im modernen Arbeitsumfeld. Foreword
Part One: Organizational Context
1. Selection for a Changing Workplace
2. Integrating Selections with Other Organizational Processes and Systems
3. Demonstrating the Value of Selection in Organizations
4. Managing "Customers" of Selection Processes
5. Selection Programs in a Union Environment: A Commentary
6. Selection in Team Contexts
7. Cultural Context in Adapting Selection Practices Across Boarders
Part Two: Regulatory Context
8. Employment Risk Management
8. Accommodations for Persons with Disabilities
Part Three: Professional Context
10. The Relationship Between I/O Psychology and Public Policy: A Commentary
11. Research and Practice in Selection "These chapters capture knowledge that cannot be gained elsewhere. They do not review the existing literature or rehash well-recognized issues but instead reflect those important insights that can only be gained from years of developing selection systems in organizations, which these authors are uniquely able to do." --Michael Campion, professor of management, Krannert Graduate School of Management, Purdue University

"A thought-provoking book that is both contemporary and forward looking. I expect to refer to it frequently." --L. Rogers Taylor, director of research, State Farm Insurance Companies JERARD F. KEHOE is sourcing and selection director in human resources at AT&T, where he is responsible for the company's selection strategies and employment and recruiting policies. During his seventeen years at AT&T, Kehoe has developed selection procedures for manufacturing, technical, customer service, sales, and management positions. He is a member of the American Psychological Association and the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology. In 1992, the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology'sPersonnel Selection in Organizations introduced thousands of human resource professionals to the latest research informing employee selection in contemporary organizations. Now, Managing Selection in Changing Organizations presents guidelines for using that research to design and manage programs that will build high-performance workforces in today's hypercompetitive marketplace.Designed to function as a complete sourcebook for selection program managers, selection consultants, and selection researchers and students, Managing Selection in Changing Organizations describes the organizational, regulatory, and professional factors that impact the effectiveness of selection programs. In eleven chapters, twenty-two contributing authors apply their extensive experience and expertise to explaining the key success factors for corporate selection strategies.From an organizational perspective, the first section of the book shows how changes in business processes and worker demographics have affected selection programs and reviews the links between selection and other HR systems. It offers an analysis of the effect the selection experience has on employees, and it explores the selection issues that arise in organizations that have union representation, work teams, and international workforces.From a regulatory perspective, the middle chapters analyze recent case law pertaining to employee discrimination and the treatment of employees with disabilities. The concluding chapters explore the link between social policy, selection research, and practice, providing a framework for ongoing discussion and debate about the social ramifications of work within the field.As a whole, the book brings together today's leading selection of theorists and practitioners to help industrial psychologists, human resource managers, and other professionals address the most important issues facing employee selection today. In 1992, the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology's
Personnel Selection in Organizations introduced thousands of human resource professionals to the latest research informing employee selection in contemporary organizations. Now, Managing Selection in Changing Organizations presents guidelines for using that research to design and manage programs that will build high-performance workforces in today's hypercompetitive marketplace.
Designed to function as a complete sourcebook for selection program managers, selection consultants, and selection researchers and students, Managing Selection in Changing Organizations describes the organizational, regulatory, and professional factors that impact the effectiveness of selection programs. In eleven chapters, twenty-two contributing authors apply their extensive experience and expertise to explaining the key success factors for corporate selection strategies.
From an organizational perspective, the first section of the book shows how changes in business processes and worker demographics have affected selection programs and reviews the links between selection and other HR systems. It offers an analysis of the effect the selection experience has on employees, and it explores the selection issues that arise in organizations that have union representation, work teams, and international workforces.
From a regulatory perspective, the middle chapters analyze recent case law pertaining to employee discrimination and the treatment of employees with disabilities. The concluding chapters explore the link between social policy, selection research, and practice, providing a framework for ongoing discussion and debate about the social ramifications of work within the field.
As a whole, the book brings together today's leading selection of theorists and practitioners to help industrial psychologists, human resource managers, and other professionals address the most important issues facing employee selection today.