Deck 5: Recruitment and Selection

Question 1

Who originally defined the term 'competency'?

A) Guest (1990)
B) Boyzatis (1982)
C) Kandola (2000)
D) Taylor (1995)

Answer 1

C

Question 2

In recent years, Milsom (2009) argues that competency frameworks have tended to move away from person specifications towards statements which are ______.

A) more job description oriented
B) more clearly value-laden
C) more related to organizational structures
D) none of these

Answer 2

B

Question 3

According to Kandola (2000), competency-based recruitment decisions result in:

A) increased diversity.
B) decreased diversity.
C) no discernible difference in diversity.
D) poorer management decisions.

Answer 3

B

Question 4

The term 'Informal recruitment' refers to situations where:

A) existing staff are given preference over external staff.
B) jobs are not formally advertised at all.
C) the least-competent employees are promoted.
D) none of these.

Question 5

Taylor (2014) argues that one of the major arguments in favour of internal recruitment is speed of adjustment, which refers that:

A) the induction process is not needed.
B) training to perform is shortened in time.
C) the psychological contract is different.
D) they adapt to organizational culture more quickly.

Question 6

Which of the following terms indicates that an organization is generally recognized as being the most desirable in the industry from an employer's perspective?

A) Employer Branding
B) Employer of Choice
C) Hobson's choice
D) None of these

Question 7

Taylor (2017) argues that one of the major drawbacks of employing headhunters when recruiting is that they:

A) over-concentrate on the job description.
B) over-concentrate on the person specification.
C) only recruit from a very narrow field of candidates.
D) none of these.

Question 8

According to Smith (1989), which of the following provides the highest predictive correlations within selection techniques?

A) graphology
B) biodata
C) ability tests
D) personality tests

Question 9

According to Taylor (2017), which of the following are the very worst selection tools when judging people who then go on to perform well in jobs?

A) semi-structured interviews
B) unstructured interviews
C) non face -to-face interviews
D) psychometric assessments

Question 10

According to Taylor (2017), five major personality constructs are extraversion/introversion, emotional stability, agreeableness, conscientiousness and ______.

A) hardiness
B) locus of control
C) openness to experience
D) none of these

Question 11

What is the greatest disadvantage of organizations using assessment centres?

A) getting everyone on the same place at the same time.
B) the cost
C) the problems with cross comparing different tests
D) the subjectivity of assessors

Question 12

Tung (1981) identifies four key sets of attributes that organizations should take into account when selecting people for expatriate assignments - family preparedness, environmental coping ability, relational ability and ______.

A) cognitive ability
B) technical competence
C) language skills
D) cultural fit