Personality Measurement and Faking: An Integrative Framework

Year 2014, Volume: 11 Issue: 1, 1 - 12, 01.05.2014

Aslı Göncü

Abstract

Personality testing is a popular method that used to be commonly employed in selection decisions
in organizational settings. However, it is also a controversial practice according to a number researcher
who claims that especially explicit measures of personality may be prone to the negative effects of faking
and response distortion. The first aim of the present paper is to summarize Morgeson, Morgeson, Campion,
Dipboye, Hollenbeck, Murphy and Schmitt’s paper that discussed the limitations of personality testing for
performance ratings in relation to its basic conclusions about faking and response distortion. Secondly, the
results of Rosse, Stecher, Miller and Levin’s study that investigated the effects of faking in personality
testing on selection decisions will be discussed in detail. Finally, recent research findings related to implicit
personality measures will be introduced along with the examples of the results related to the implications
of those measures for response distortion in personality research and the suggestions for future research. 

Keywords

personality testing, selection, faking, implicit personality measures

Personality Measurement and Faking: An Integrative Framework

Abstract

Kişilik testi yapmak, kurumsal ortamlardaki seçme kararlarında
yaygın olarak uygulanan popüler bir yöntemdir. Ancak, özellikle açık olan, başka
bir deyişle örtük olmayan kişilik ölçümlerinin yanıltmacılık ve tepki değiştirme
gibi davranışların olumsuz etkilerine açık olabildiğini savunan bazı araştırmacılara
göre, tartışlmalı bir yöntemdir. Bu çalışmanın birinci amacı, Morgeson,
Morgeson, Campion, Dipboye, Hollenbeck, Murphy ve Schmitt’in yanıltmacılık ve
tepki değiştirmeye yönelik bulgulara dayanarak, performans değerlendirmede kişilik
ölçümlerinin sınırlılıklarını tartıfltıkları makalelerini özetlemektir. İkinci
amaç, Rosse, Stecher, Miller and Levin’in seçme kararlarında kişilik
testlerinin yanıltılmasının etkilerini araştırdığı çalışmaları ayrıntılı
olarak tartışmaktadır. Son olarak, örtük kişilik ölçümleri, kişilik araştırmalarında
tepki değiştirmenin etkilerine yönelik çıkarımların örnekleri ve gelecekte
yapılacak olan araştırmalara yönelik önermelerle birlikte tanıtmak hedeflenmiştir.

Keywords

seçme, kişilik testi, yanıltmacılık, örtük kişilik ölçümleri

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