Personnel selection procedures and invasion of privacy

    Authors

    E. F. Stone-Romero; D. L. Stone;D. Hyatt

    Abbreviated Journal Title

    J. Soc. Issues

    Keywords

    INFORMATION; MANAGEMENT; ATTITUDES; POLICIES; SYSTEMS; WORK; JOB; Social Issues; Psychology, Social

    Abstract

    We conducted two studies on the perceived invasiveness of 12 personnel selection procedures. In Study 1, indirect scaling methods were used to examine the degree to which 84 employed adults in the United States perceived such procedures to be invasive of privacy. Results showed the application blank was the least invasive of privacy and the lie detector was the most invasive of privacy. In Study 2, data from 149 (mostly employed) adults in the Northeast were used to assess relationships between invasiveness and several hypothesized antecedents. Correlation analyses showed that invasiveness was predicted by several factors (e.g., the extent to which the procedures erroneously discredited job applicants). Implications for personnel selection practices in work organizations are considered.

    Journal Title

    Journal of Social Issues

    Volume

    59

    Issue/Number

    2

    Publication Date

    1-1-2003

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    343

    Last Page

    368

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000183009500006

    ISSN

    0022-4537

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