To better understand the cognitive processes associated with faking behaviors,
Ajzen?s Theory of Planned Behavior was adapted to the study of faking on overt
integrity tests. This decision-based model is then expanded through the inclusion of a
key outcome (counterproductive work behavior) and basic individual differences
(conscientious personality and cognitive ability). Results from two student samples (n =
233 and n = 160) demonstrate that conscientiousness negatively predicts attitudes toward
faking on employment tests, while cognitive ability predicts the ability to fake. In turn,
faking ability moderates the effect of self-reported faking motive on actual test scores,
while self-reported faking decreases the validity of integrity tests for predicting
counterproductive work behaviors. Implications are discussed.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:tamu.edu/oai:repository.tamu.edu:1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2008-12-99 |
| Date | 14 January 2010 |
| Creators | Yu, Janie |
| Contributors | Newman, Daniel A. |
| Source Sets | Texas A and M University |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Book, Thesis, Electronic Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
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