TY - JOUR
T1 - Personality validity
T2 - The role of schemas and motivated reasoning
AU - Aronson, Zvi H.
AU - Reilly, Richard R.
PY - 2006/12
Y1 - 2006/12
N2 - We explored the role of schemas and motivated reasoning in personality assessment. Utilizing a sample of 299 participants, we investigated whether applying for a specific job leads applicants to adopt a schema. Once adopting the schema, the respondents use that schema in a way that inaccurately reflects what their behavior is. Consequently, as hypothesized, there is a lowering of validities, in comparison with assessing personality in a neutral setting. An intriguing implication of our research is that personality measurement for selection might be shifted from the employment setting to more neutral settings, such as a counselor setting, in order to be optimized.
AB - We explored the role of schemas and motivated reasoning in personality assessment. Utilizing a sample of 299 participants, we investigated whether applying for a specific job leads applicants to adopt a schema. Once adopting the schema, the respondents use that schema in a way that inaccurately reflects what their behavior is. Consequently, as hypothesized, there is a lowering of validities, in comparison with assessing personality in a neutral setting. An intriguing implication of our research is that personality measurement for selection might be shifted from the employment setting to more neutral settings, such as a counselor setting, in order to be optimized.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1468-2389.2006.00358.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1468-2389.2006.00358.x
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:34247877687
SN - 0965-075X
VL - 14
SP - 372
EP - 380
JO - International Journal of Selection and Assessment
JF - International Journal of Selection and Assessment
IS - 4
ER -