The purpose of this study was to develop a weighted application blank (WAB) which would aid in the selection of employees who would be more likely to remain on the job for 3 months or more. The 31 biographical items for long- and short-tenure employees were compared to see which items differentiated. A somewhat improvised approach which compared trends of both groups (weighting group N = 169, holdout group N 89), produced five items which were significant at the .05 level and resulted in a 70% improvement over the previous method of selection. The long-tenure employee could be described as a slightly older (20 years or more) married person who lives close to the job, less educated (8th grade or less), and who can list three references.
Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc504218 |
Date | 05 1900 |
Creators | Parker, Larry L. |
Contributors | Johnson, Douglas A., Haynes, Jack Read, Peek, Leon A. |
Publisher | North Texas State University |
Source Sets | University of North Texas |
Language | English |
Detected Language | English |
Type | Thesis or Dissertation |
Format | v, 36 leaves: ill., Text |
Rights | Public, Parker, Larry L., Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved. |
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