Yes / We present a targeted review of recent developments and advances in digital selection
procedures (DSPs) with particular attention to advances in internet-based techniques. By
reviewing the emergence of DSPs in selection research and practice, we highlight five main
categories of methods (online applications, online psychometric testing, digital interviews,
gamified assessment and social media). We discuss the evidence base for each of these DSP
groups, focusing on construct and criterion validity, and applicant reactions to their use in
organizations. Based on the findings of our review, we present a critique of the evidence base
for DSPs in industrial, work and organizational psychology and set out an agenda for
advancing research. We identify pressing gaps in our understanding of DSPs, and ten key
questions to be answered. Given that DSPs are likely to depart further from traditional nondigital selection procedures in the future, a theme in this agenda is the need to establish a
distinct and specific literature on DSPs, and to do so at a pace that reflects the speed of the
underlying technological advancement. In concluding, we, therefore, issue a call to action for
selection researchers in work and organizational psychology to commence a new and
rigorous multidisciplinary programme of scientific study of DSPs.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:BRADFORD/oai:bradscholars.brad.ac.uk:10454/17369 |
| Date | 14 October 2019 |
| Creators | Woods, S.A., Ahmed, S., Nikolaou, I., Costa, Ana-Cristina, Anderson, Neil |
| Publisher | Taylor francis Group |
| Source Sets | Bradford Scholars |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Article, Accepted manuscript |
| Rights | © 2019 Taylor & Francis. The Version of Record of this manuscript has been published and is available in European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology <date of publication> http://www.tandfonline.com/https://doi.org/10.1080/1359432X.2019.1681401. |
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