Problematic Issues of Personality Assessment in Selection: an Exploration Study in Vietnam

DOI

10.2991/aebmr.k.211119.015How to use a DOI?

Keywords

recruitment; selection; personality assessment; faking; legal issue; ethical issue

Abstract

Research purpose:

This study explores the problematic issues with the use of personality tests in the context of Vietnam.

Research motivation:

Hundreds of primary research and dozens of meta-analyses have been published since the mid-1980s strongly support the use of personality assessment in staffing decision-making. However, personality assessments for staffing purposes have some potentially problematic issues. Understanding these problematic issues can help to provide practical suggestions for hiring managers.

Research design, approach and method:

The research was conducted using qualitative methods and in-depth interviews with 17 Vietnamese participants. Clustering, pattern-matching, and critical discourse analysis were used as primary techniques to analyze data. Themes derived from reviewing existing literature were used as patterns to test the phenomenon in Vietnam

Main findings:

Results show that most studied Vietnamese companies found using Personality tests in job selection have some potentially problematic issues. The most concerning issues are Faking and Personality assessment in contexts. Other issues have not yet become the salient concerns of most companies.

Practical/managerial implications:

The study highlights four implications for hiring managers: (1) using the appropriate personality assessment instrument; (2) a clear guideline about ethical behavior should be developed; (3) practitioners must ensure they update their understanding of legislation in the field; (4) taking cross-culture approach to understand personality traits is important for personality assessment across cultures.

Copyright

© 2021 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press International B.V.

Open Access

This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Nguyen Ngoc QUY
AU  - Phung The VINH
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/12/07
TI  - Problematic Issues of Personality Assessment in Selection: an Exploration Study in Vietnam
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference on Emerging Challenges: Business Transformation and Circular Economy (ICECH 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 132
EP  - 142
SN  - 2352-5428
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/aebmr.k.211119.015
DO  - 10.2991/aebmr.k.211119.015
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