Assessment and selection in the 21st Century

Alwyn Moerdyk is a retired academic from Rhodes University, a leading South African University and is the author of several textbooks widely used in South African institutions of higher education, both in the assessment and in the wider Occupational Psychology. He holds a Masters Degree in Psychology and has worked in the academic, research and private sectors. Adrian Furnham was educated at the London School of Economics where he obtained a distinction in an MSc Econ., and at Oxford University where he completed a doctorate (D.Phil) in 1981. He has subsequently earned a D.Sc (1991) and D.Litt (1995) degree. Previously a lecturer in Psychology at Pembroke College, Oxford, he was Professor of Psychology at University College London from 1992 to 2018. He is currently Adjunct Professor of Leadership at the BI: Norwegian Business School (2009). He has written over 1300 scientific papers and 95 books. He is on the editorial board of a number of international journals, as well as the past elected President of the International Society for the Study of Individual Differences. He is also a founder director of Applied Behavioural Research Associates (ABRA), a psychological consultancy established over 30 years ago.

Contents: Setting the scene – The need for measurement – Obtaining assessment information – Developing a psychological measure – Basic psychometric theory – Reliability – Validity – Combining and interpreting assessment results – Fairness and equity – Assessment domains – Assessment in organizations – Assessing intelligence and ability – The assessment of personality – Assessing competence – Assessing integrity and honesty in the workplace – Interviewing – Assessment centres – What next?