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Individual Psychological Assessment: A Core Competency for Industrial–Organizational Psychology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 January 2015

Richard Jeanneret  and
Rob Silzer
Rob Silzer
Affiliation:
HR Assessment & Development, Inc. and Baruch College, City University of New York
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Abstract

Individual Psychological Assessment is widely practiced among I–O psychologists and supported as a core competency by a majority of the commentaries. Our response addresses some of the key points made in the commentaries, such as issues related to the definition, contextual and criterion variables, interpretation and integration methods, validity evidence, professional matters, and future research directions. We also respond to a few critics who want to entirely eliminate expert assessor judgment in IPAs. Models are presented for using assessor judgment and mechanical methods in IPAs and for distinguishing naïve and sophisticated IPA researchers and practitioners. We conclude that IPA is now widely accepted as a core part of I–O psychology.

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Industrial and Organizational Psychology , Volume 4 , Issue 3 , September 2011 , pp. 342 - 351
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Copyright © Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology 2011 

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