Chequeos de referencias, habilidad mental general y experienciaUn estudio de validez de constructo

  1. Lado Campelo, Mario Antonio
Revista:
Revista de psicología del trabajo y de las organizaciones = Journal of work and organizational psychology

ISSN: 1576-5962

Año de publicación: 2012

Volumen: 28

Número: 2

Páginas: 119-131

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.5093/TR2012A10 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openAcceso abierto editor

Otras publicaciones en: Revista de psicología del trabajo y de las organizaciones = Journal of work and organizational psychology

Resumen

El término �referencias� hace alusión a la información sobre ciertas características personales relacionadas con el comportamiento laboral de una persona y que otra persona (normalmente un jefe directo) aporta sobre la primera. Las referencias se basan en el supuesto de que �el mejor modo de averiguar algo sobre alguien es preguntándole a alguien que lo conozca� y son un método ampliamente utilizado y potencialmente eficaz para la selección de personal. El objetivo general de este artículo es responder a la siguiente pregunta: ¿qué miden realmente las referencias? Para ello se han recogido los estudios primarios existentes en la literatura sobre esta materia y se han aplicado diversas técnicas meta-analíticas. Los resultados indican que las referencias miden principalmente Habilidad Mental General y Experiencia. Asimismo, se hacen sugerencias de estudio para averiguar otros constructos que pudieran estar integrados en las referencias

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