Do Warnings Not to Fake Reduce Faking?

By Stephen A. Dwight, John J. Donovan. 2003

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Subfields: Applied Psychology, Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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Interviewers' perceptions of impression management in employment interviews (2014, background): “The majority of existing studies has been done with students (Levashina and Campion, 2007; Weiss and Feldman, 2006; Dwight and Donovan, 2003; Swider et al., 2011) or with entry-level applicants who were asked to describe their recent application experience (Donovan et al., 2003).”
The Validity of Self-Reported Grade Point Averages, Class Ranks, and Test Scores: A Meta-Analysis and Review of the Literature (2005, background): “Because the type of instructions given appears to reduce score inflation on personality tests (Dwight & Donovan, 2003), similar procedures may also improve self-reported grades and grade point averages.”
Assessing Intercultural Competence in Higher Education: Existing Research and Future Directions (2016, background): “; where the murray-web system does not exist; Dwight & Donovan, 2003, p. 10).”
Detecting and Deterring Insufficient Effort Responding to Surveys (2012, background): “Although we could find no study that deterred IER, warnings have been shown to effectively reduce positive response distortion in personality measures (Dwight and Donovan 2003).”
Understanding Faking Behavior Through the Lens of Motivation: An Application of VIE Theory (2011, background): “Using warnings or requests for item answer elaboration makes the “challenge” component more salient to respondents as they are asked to be aware of and justify their responses ( Dwight & Donovan, 2003 ; McFarland & Ryan, 2000 , 2006 ; Schmitt et al, 2003 ).”
The Contributions of Personality to Organizational Behavior and Psychology: Findings, Criticisms, and Future Research Directions (2008, background): “To decrease respondents’ desire to fake, researchers have suggested warning respondents not to fake (Dwight & Donovan, 2003) or requiring respondents to elaborate on their responses (Schmitt & Kunce, 2002).”
Personnel selection. (2008, background): “However, the empirical evidence shows only meager effects (around 0.25 standard deviation, or SD) for a combination of identification-only and consequences-only warnings on predictor scores and faking scale scores (Dwight & Donovan 2003).”