Do applicants fake? An examination of the frequency of applicant faking behavior

By Richard L. Griffith, Tom Chmielowski, Yuki Yoshita. 2007

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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Applicant Faking, Social Desirability, and the Prediction of Counterproductive Work Behaviors (2011, methodology): “The results of this study, although supporting earlier findings by Arthur et al. (2010) and Griffith et al. (2007), were inconsistent with the findings of Ellingson et al. (2007) and Hogan et al., who both reported little evidence for the occurrence of faking in applicant samples.”
The Failure of Social Desirability Measures to Capture Applicant Faking Behavior (2008, background): “In the Griffith et al. (2006) study, the correlation between IM and faking behavior on the Conscientiousness scale of the NEO Five Factor Inventory was .”
Understanding Faking Behavior Through the Lens of Motivation: An Application of VIE Theory (2011, background): “…literature, often because researchers have used experimental manipulations such as “Respond as if you are an applicant . . .” which do not produce response sets that mimic how individuals engage in faking behavior in real life settings (Ellingson, Smith, & Sackett, 2001; Griffith et al., 2007).”
The Magnitude and Extent of Cheating and Response Distortion Effects on Unproctored Internet-Based Tests of Cognitive Ability and Personality (2010, result): “For instance, the percentages of individuals identified as having elevated applicant scores were similar to those reported by Griffith, Chmielowski, and Yoshita (2007) for a proctored personality measure.”
Faking in Personality Assessment: A “Multisaturation” Perspective on Faking as Performance (2011, background): “Griffith, Chmielowski, and Yoshita (2007) showed this by collecting conscientiousness scores both before and after hiring.”