http://www.integralcompany.com/taxonomy/term/262/feed The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en http://www.integralcompany.com/blog/tom-goddard/faking-conscientiousness-can-mislead-except-with-salespeople <p>Personality tests are increasingly popular tools in hiring practices. Despite widespread suspicion that performance on such tests can be faked, a growing number of employers are using them, because some personality traits, like conscientiousness, seem to predict performance pretty well.</p>Shawn Komar and his colleagues would put a warning label on these tests: Faking on personality tests is likely to diminish the predictive validity of those tests where the trait of effective faking matches up with ineffective work behaviors.<br class="clear" /><p><a href="http://www.integralcompany.com/blog/tom-goddard/faking-conscientiousness-can-mislead-except-with-salespeople">read more</a></p> http://www.integralcompany.com/blog/tom-goddard/faking-conscientiousness-can-mislead-except-with-salespeople#comments faking Industrial-Organizational Psychology personality selection simulation validity faking Industrial-Organizational Psychology personality selection simulation validity Thu, 14 Feb 2008 10:35:49 -0500 Tom Goddard 183 at http://www.integralcompany.com