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Psychological Testing
A manager's guide

4th Edition
Published: October 2004
Pages: 184
Full Price: £36.99
Members: £33.29
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ISBN: 0852929684
ISBN13: 9780852929681
 
 

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Description

Serious about developing your managers, and recruiting the right employees? Then you need to know where their strengths lie, and where they are likely to fail. Psychological testing can help you. Psychological Testing is recognised as the definitive introduction for managers and students to understanding what tests are, using psychometric data to assist in selection and assessment, determining policy, choosing suppliers, and introducing and evaluating aptitude and personality tests. This new edition builds on the previous edition's success and includes new material on the use of the internet, computer-administered adaptive testing, and the testing of emotional intelligence. Clear, comprehensive and practical, this is the perfect guide to getting the best from psychological testing.

Contents

Introduction: Testing in Today's Environment Characteristics of Tests Types of Tests and Outline Descriptions Ethical, Legal and Social Issues Obtaining Tests Testing Strategies Choosing Tests and Introducing Them Making and Communicating Decisions Testing Top Managers and Other Senior Staff Evaluating Tests in a Time of Change Testing in a Wider Context: Other Methods of Assessment and Development Testing on the Internet, and Other Developments

About the authors

John Toplis
John Toplis is a chartered occupational psychologist and is a Director of Prime Executive, a recruitment consultancy specialising in senior appointments in charitable and not-for-profit organisations. Previously he held a number of senior positions at the Royal Mail, including Head of Psychological Services.


Victor Dulewicz
Professor Victor Dulewicz has worked at Henley Management College since 1986 and is currently Head of the Human Resource Management and Organisational Behaviour Faculty. Previously he worked as an occupational psychologist for Rank Zerox and the Civil Service Selection Board.


Clive Fletcher
Professor Clive Fletcher is Managing Director of Personnel Assessment Ltd, Emeritus Professor of Occupational Psychology at Goldsmiths College, University of London and Visiting Professor at Henley Management College.



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