The importance of representative design in judgment tasks: The case of resume screening

    Authors

    B. A. Fritzsche;M. T. Brannick

    Abbreviated Journal Title

    J. Occup. Organ. Psychol.

    Keywords

    POLICY; Psychology, Applied; Management

    Abstract

    A policy capturing study was conducted to determine if resume profile judgments are generalizable to judgments of actual resumes. Forty recruiters judged 60 resumes or corresponding profiles on interview suitability. When profiles were judged, more variance in suitability judgments was accounted for, there was higher agreement among recruiters, the judgments were more favourable, and cue usage was different than when actual resumes were judged. Thus, inferences based on profiles were not generalizable to actual resumes. The importance of representative design and limitations of policy capturing for understanding resume screening judgments were discussed.

    Journal Title

    Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology

    Volume

    75

    Publication Date

    1-1-2002

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    163

    Last Page

    169

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000176542800003

    ISSN

    0963-1798

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