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Unintended Consequences: Narrowing SJT Usage and Losing Credibility With Applicants

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 March 2016

Amy E. Crook
Amy E. Crook*
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Jack C. Massey College of Business, Belmont University
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Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Amy E. Crook, Jack C. Massey College of Business, Belmont University, 1900 Belmont Boulevard, Nashville, TN 37212. E-mail: amy.crook@belmont.edu
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Lievens and Motowidlo (2016) present a convincing case for why situational judgment tests (SJTs) should be developed specifically to measure general domain knowledge, but I have two concerns regarding the use of SJTs in psychological research and practical settings if the reconceptualization of SJTs offered by the authors is adopted to the exclusion of other current approaches. The first concerns abandoning SJTs as a helpful job analysis tool if we encourage intentional conflation of trait expression with job effectiveness in the development of SJT items. Second, diluting the situational component of SJTs may reduce their acceptance as selection tools by job applicants and practitioners in organizations.

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Industrial and Organizational Psychology , Volume 9 , Issue 1 , March 2016 , pp. 59 - 63
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Copyright © Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology 2016 

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