Personnel Selection and Assessment

Pre-requisites: Methodology of Psychological Research, Statistics, Principles of Psychological Testing, Psychology of Individual Differences, Personality Psychology, Basics of Work Psychology, Career.

Course objectives: Acquiring a detailed insight into theoretical, research and practical issues, establishment and evaluation of personnel selection and assessment procedure and development of professional sensitivity essential for good practice.

Course description: Psychology of selection and assessment; Criterion in personnel selection and assessment; Selection procedure, candidate assessment techniques; Predictor reliability and validity; Selection outcomes; Practical aspects of selection research; Theory and practice of job performance appraisal; Personnel assessment in the context of human resource management; Design and implementation of job performance appraisal; Selection and assessment from the perspective of candidates and personnel; Selection and assessment in European and other countries; Ethical issues in personnel selection and assessment; Discrimination against candidates and personnel; Evaluation and improvement of selection and assessment. Job analysis; Person specification; Design of recruitment project; Attracting candidates ; Interview, Integrating findings and decision-making; Design of assessment; Analysis of cases of discrimination; Review of selection and assessment in European and other countries – presentations; Designing research on a problem from the field of selection and assessment.

Learning Outcomes: Students can perform job analysis, design and evaluate procedures of recruitment, selection and assessment of personnel and are capable of performing these tasks on an elementary level.

Personnel Selection and Assessment

Pre-requisites: Methodology of Psychological Research, Statistics, Principles of Psychological Testing, Psychology of Individual Differences, Personality Psychology, Basics of Work Psychology, Career.

Course objectives: Acquiring a detailed insight into theoretical, research and practical issues, establishment and evaluation of personnel selection and assessment procedure and development of professional sensitivity essential for good practice.

Course description: Psychology of selection and assessment; Criterion in personnel selection and assessment; Selection procedure, candidate assessment techniques; Predictor reliability and validity; Selection outcomes; Practical aspects of selection research; Theory and practice of job performance appraisal; Personnel assessment in the context of human resource management; Design and implementation of job performance appraisal; Selection and assessment from the perspective of candidates and personnel; Selection and assessment in European and other countries; Ethical issues in personnel selection and assessment; Discrimination against candidates and personnel; Evaluation and improvement of selection and assessment. Job analysis; Person specification; Design of recruitment project; Attracting candidates ; Interview, Integrating findings and decision-making; Design of assessment; Analysis of cases of discrimination; Review of selection and assessment in European and other countries – presentations; Designing research on a problem from the field of selection and assessment.

Learning Outcomes: Students can perform job analysis, design and evaluate procedures of recruitment, selection and assessment of personnel and are capable of performing these tasks on an elementary level.

Literature/Reading:

• Pajević Desimir: Psihologija rada, Liber, Beograd, 2006. Odabrana poglavlja.
• Kovačević, P, Petrović, I. (2000) Privlačenje i selekcija ljudi, Ekonomika preduzeća, 48, novembar-decembar, 265-277.
• Petrović, I, Kovačević, P. (2000) Analiza posla, Ekonomika preduzeća, 48, novembar-decembar, 278-285.
• Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (2003) Principles for the validation and use of personnel selection procedures, 4rd ed., Bowling Green, OH: Author.
• Hodgkinson, G.P. and Ford, J.K. (Eds.) (2008) International Review of Industrial and Organizational Psychology 2008, Vol. 23, 45-82, Chichester, New York: Wiley. Odabrana poglavlja.
• Lévy-Leboyer, C. (1994) Selection and Assessment in Europe, in: Triandis, H.C., Dunnette, M.D. and Hough, L.M. (eds), Handbook of Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Volume 4, 173-190, Palo Alto
• Društvo psihologa Srbije (2000) Kodeks etike, Beograd: Društvo psihologa Srbije.
• Crosby, F., Stockdale M., Ropp, A.S. Eds. (2007) Sex Discrimination in the Workplace: Multidisciplinary Perspectives, Malden, MA: Blackwell. Odabrana poglavlja.
• Dipboye L.R., Smith S.C., Howell C.W. (1994) Understanding Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Harcourt Brace College Publishers,. Odabrana poglavlja.