In Defense of the Situation: An Interactionist Explanation for Performance on Situational Judgment Tests

被引：16

作者：

Harris, Alexandra M. ^{[1
]}

Siedor, Lane E. ^{[1
]}

Fan, Yi ^{[1
]}

Listyg, Benjamin ^{[1
]}

Carter, Nathan T. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Georgia, Dept Psychol, Athens, GA 30602 USA

来源：

INDUSTRIAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY-PERSPECTIVES ON SCIENCE AND PRACTICE | 2016年 / 9卷 / 01期

关键词：

TRAIT-ACTIVATION THEORY; SELECTION PROCEDURES; JOB-PERFORMANCE; VALIDITY; CONSISTENCY; STRENGTH; RATINGS;

D O I：

10.1017/iop.2015.110

中图分类号：

B849 [应用心理学];

学科分类号：

040203 ;

摘要：

Whereas Lievens and Motowidlo (2016) propose a model of situational judgment test (SJT) performance that removes the situation in favor of conceptualizing SJTs as a measure of general domain knowledge, we argue that the expression of general domain knowledge is in fact contingent on situational judgment. As we explain, the evidence cited by Lievens and Motowidlo against a situational component does not inherently exclude the importance of situations from SJTs and does overlook the strong support for a person-situation interaction explanation of behavior. Based on the interactionist literaturein particular, the trait activation theory (TAT) and situational strength literatureswe propose a model that both maintains the key pathways and definitions posited by Lievens and Motowidlo and integrates the situational component of SJTs.

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