Internal Selection: Preliminary Issues
Chapter 10
Internal Selection
Preliminary Issues
True / False Questions
1. Internal selection is virtually identical to external selection both in terms of the applicability of the logic of the prediction principle, and in terms of the relevance of data about past job experiences.
True False
2. In comparison with external selection, internal selection places greater emphasis on predictor signs than samples.
True False
3. In internal selection, managers tend to overemphasize subjective opinions about job candidates, with a consequent increase in decisions with low validity.
True False
4. Organizations typically have better data with which to make choices on internal than external candidates.
True False
5. Depth of information and relevance are the only advantages that internal selection has over external selection.
True False
6. Sometimes individuals who have excellent skills in engineering and scientific positions do not have good managerial skills.
True False
Multiple Choice Questions
7. In comparing internal selection with external selection, an advantage of internal selection is that ________.
A. internal selection requires few procedures to locate and screen viable job candidates
B. internal selection presents fewer dangers of incurring legal liability than external selection
C. information about internal candidates tends to be more verifiable than information about external candidates
D. there is less need to use multiple predictors in assessing internal candidates than with external candidates
8. Within the context of internal selection, an accurate statement about the logic of prediction would be that _____________.
A. the logic of prediction can be applied more precisely for internal selection than for external selection
B. the logic of prediction has identical application for internal and external selection
C. the logic of prediction works
Internal Selection
Preliminary Issues
True / False Questions
1. Internal selection is virtually identical to external selection both in terms of the applicability of the logic of the prediction principle, and in terms of the relevance of data about past job experiences.
True False
2. In comparison with external selection, internal selection places greater emphasis on predictor signs than samples.
True False
3. In internal selection, managers tend to overemphasize subjective opinions about job candidates, with a consequent increase in decisions with low validity.
True False
4. Organizations typically have better data with which to make choices on internal than external candidates.
True False
5. Depth of information and relevance are the only advantages that internal selection has over external selection.
True False
6. Sometimes individuals who have excellent skills in engineering and scientific positions do not have good managerial skills.
True False
Multiple Choice Questions
7. In comparing internal selection with external selection, an advantage of internal selection is that ________.
A. internal selection requires few procedures to locate and screen viable job candidates
B. internal selection presents fewer dangers of incurring legal liability than external selection
C. information about internal candidates tends to be more verifiable than information about external candidates
D. there is less need to use multiple predictors in assessing internal candidates than with external candidates
8. Within the context of internal selection, an accurate statement about the logic of prediction would be that _____________.
A. the logic of prediction can be applied more precisely for internal selection than for external selection
B. the logic of prediction has identical application for internal and external selection
C. the logic of prediction works