UNDERSTANDING THE DETERMINANTS OF EMPLOYER USE OF SELECTION METHODS

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Certify, Blink, Hire: An Examination of the Process and Tools of Teacher Screening and Selection (2008, background): “Wilk and Cappelli (2003) posit that “work characteristics tell us something about the content of the work and, thus, about the complexity of the job” (p.”
Does Job Testing Harm Minority Workers? Evidence from Retail Establishments (2008, background): “I. INTRODUCTION In the early twentieth century, the majority of unskilled, industrial employees in the United States were hired with no systematic efforts at selection (Wilk and Cappelli 2003).”
Personnel selection. (2008, methodology): “Organizations use different types of selection methods contingent upon the nature of the work being done (skill requirements), training, and pay level (Wilk & Cappelli 2003).”
Unpacking Prior Experience: How Career History Affects Job Performance (2009, methodology): “People are selected based on their prior work experience, demographics, and other factors (Schmidt and Hunter 1998, Wilk and Cappelli 2003) that may affect performance, so a sample that includes only successful applicants would necessarily be biased, leading to biased estimates of the coefficients…”