A Comparison of Applicants' and Incumbents' Mean Scores on Health Constructs and Personality Constructs. A Follow-up Study of Military Recruits in a Selection Setting
| Autor: | Charlotte Bäccman, Lennart Sjöberg, Kjerstin Almqvist |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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National security
business.industry Strategy and Management media_common.quotation_subject Voluntariness General Business Management and Accounting Democracy Task (project management) Work (electrical) Management of Technology and Innovation Personality Psychological resilience Psychology business Social psychology General Psychology Applied Psychology Selection (genetic algorithm) media_common |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Selection and Assessment. 23:120-130 |
| ISSN: | 0965-075X |
| Popis: | Since the end of the Cold War the Swedish Armed Forces has undergone several changes regarding both task and personnel system. The task of national security does not only entail territorial defense but also international operations worldwide. In addition, the soldiers are no longer conscripts but young men and women who have volunteered to secure and uphold peace and democratic values.The purpose of this thesis was twofold: firstly, to investigate if the current selection system mirrors the recent refocus on international operations and voluntariness; secondly, to see if and how non-cognitive assessments of personality, health, and resilience increment validity to the current selection system in identifying individuals suitable for repeated international deployments. This work was guided by a series of tentative questions regarding both the selection system in particular, but also international deployments in general.The four papers in this thesis suggest that the current selection system need to be adapted to better correspond to repeated international deployments as well as to a voluntary applicant pool; and that non-cognitive assessments of personality, health, and resilience increment validity to the selection system. |
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