14 research outputs found
Refining trait resilience: identifying engineering, ecological, and adaptive facets from extant measures of resilience
The current paper presents a new measure of trait resilience derived from three common
mechanisms identified in ecological theory: Engineering, Ecological and Adaptive (EEA)
resilience. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses of five existing resilience scales
suggest that the three trait resilience facets emerge, and can be reduced to a 12-item scale.
The conceptualization and value of EEA resilience within the wider trait and well-being psychology
is illustrated in terms of differing relationships with adaptive expressions of the traits
of the five-factor personality model and the contribution to well-being after controlling for
personality and coping, or over time. The current findings suggest that EEA resilience is a
useful and parsimonious model and measure of trait resilience that can readily be placed
within wider trait psychology and that is found to contribute to individual well-bein
Culture and Testing Practices: Is the world flat?
Much has been speculated regarding the influence of cultural norms on the acceptance and use of personnel selection testing. This study examined the cross-level direct effects of four societal cultural variables (performance orientation, future orientation, uncertainty avoidance and tightness-looseness) on selection practices of organizations in 23 countries. 1,153 HR professionals responded to a survey regarding testing practices in hiring contexts. Overall, little evidence of a connection between cultural practices and selection practices emerged. Implications of these findings for personnel selection and cross-cultural research as well as directions for future work in this area are described