A field study of frame-of-reference effects on personality test validity.

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As part of a test validation study at a major U.S.-based airline, the authors tested the effects of providing an "at work" frame-of-reference on the validity of the NEO Five-Factor Inventory among a sample of customer service supervisors (N = 206). Frame-of-reference moderated the validity of the Extraversion and Openness to Experience subscales after controlling for cognitive ability. In addition, the frame-of-reference personality test showed incremental validity over cognitive ability (deltaR2 = .16), but the standard personality test did not (deltaR2 = .05). The authors' discussion focuses on implications for personality theory and research and on implications for increasing the validity of personality tests in organizational settings.

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Author/s: Hunthausen, John M (JM); Truxillo, Donald M (DM); Bauer, Talya N (TN); Hammer, Leslie B (LB);

Affiliation: Department of Psychology, Portland State University, USA. john.hunthausen(-atsign-)alaskaair.com

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article; Validation Studies

Journal: The Journal of applied psychology (J Appl Psychol), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2003-Jun; vol 88 (issue 3) : pp 545-51

Dates: Created 2003/06/19; Completed 2003/07/28; Revised 2004/11/17;

PMID: 12814302, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)

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