Applicant Selection Expectations: Validating a multidimensional measure in the military

doi:10.1111/j.1468-2389.2008.00421.x

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Wiley InterScience

International Journal of Selection and Assessment

Volume 16 Issue 2, Pages 170 - 176

Published Online: 15 May 2008

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Applicant Selection Expectations: Validating a multidimensional measure in the military

Bert Schreurs ^* , Eva Derous ^** , Karin Proost ^*** , Guy Notelaers ^**** and Karel De Witte ^*****

^* Department of Social and Organizational Psychology, Utrecht University, Heidelberglaan 1, P.O. Box 80.140, 3508 TC Utrecht, The Netherlands. b.h.j.schreurs@uu.nl
^** Institute of Psychology, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Woudestein T13-36, P.O. Box 1738, 3000 DR Rotterdam, The Netherlands
^*** Faculty of Psychology, Open Universiteit Nederland, Valkenburgerweg 177, P.O. Box 2960, 6401 DL Heerlen, The Netherlands
^**** Bergen Bullying Research Group, University of Bergen, Christiesgate 12, N-5015 Bergen, Norway
^***** Research Group for Work, Organizational and Personnel Psychology, University of Leuven, Tiensestraat 102, 3000 Leuven, Belgium

ABSTRACT

Research has suggested the importance of applicants' expectations of forthcoming selection procedures in predicting how applicants react to selection procedures. Validated measures of selection expectations are still scarce, however. This study reports on the validation of the Applicant Expectation Survey (AES), intended to measure applicants' expectations of forthcoming selection procedures. The AES was validated using three military applicant samples and showed sound psychometric properties (i.e., reliability, measurement invariance, discriminant validity) for a five-factorial oblique structure consisting of 26 items. The five factors (i.e., Warmth/respect, Chance to demonstrate potential, Difficulty of faking, Unbiased assessment, Feedback) were positively related to several organizational outcome measures and to applicants' perceptions of the selection procedure, providing evidence for the predictive validity of the AES.

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