HR Perspective: Integrity and Personality Tests
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Are integrity and personality tests fair from an HR perspective?
Many employers use integrity and personality tests but some of these have been challenged in courts. One example is where the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals concluded that Rent-a-Center's use of the MMPI personality test probably prevented mentally challenged individuals from getting promotions in the company. Shortly after this ruling, Jeannine Cruz sued the Louisiana State Police claiming that she was discriminated against based on sex because her scores on several employment tests (including the MMPI) were not high enough to warrant promotion to a trooper position. In fact, her performance on the tests indicated that she was a candidate for "sexual misconduct" and "chemical dependency." She claimed in her suit that the tests utilized are not fair to women because men tend to score more positively than do women. Some experts think that similar lawsuits can be expected based on the Rent-a-Center case if companies do not relate the test content to specific job content.
1. Do you think employers should use integrity and personality tests to make recruiting and promotion decisions? Why or why not?
2. Can you think of some jobs where integrity and personality tests might be more appropriate than for other jobs? Give your rationale.
3. Do you think companies will use more or less integrity and personality tests in the next five years? Why?
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1. Do you think employers should use integrity and personality tests to make recruiting and promotion decisions? Why or why not?
Yes, employers will continue to use integrity and personality tests. Employers need a way to minimize the moral hazard related to hiring a new employee. In this case, the moral hazard is an information asymmetry, which occurs when one party has more information than the other party (The information was obtained at http://www.investopedia.com/terms/a/asymmetricinformation.asp#axzz2CWdw8ZBS). There are four interrelated areas that companies have to mitigate such as: (1.) Employment Practice ...
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