Deck 12: Performance Management, Compensation, Benefits, Payroll, Nd the Human Resource Information System

Question 1

The most frequent problem(s)that occur(s)in selection systems is/are:

A)They assess attributes that are not relevant to job performance
B)They are not used consistently or as intended
C)They are unreliable indicators of job relevant indicators
D)All of the above

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Mode of administration (paper or computer)of assessments will not likely impact scores for___________, but will likely influence scores for ______________.

A)Speeded tests, power tests
B)Power tests, speeded tests
C)Cognitive tests, personality tests
D)Speeded tests, cognitive tests

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Which of the following is NOT an HRIS role in selection systems?

A)Careful design & integration of systems to store & link information
B)Development of scoring & decision rules
C)Accessing & distributing data
D)All of the above are HRIS roles in selection systems

Answer 3

D

Question 4

The ____________ is best described as "the employees' beliefs about the reciprocal obligations and promises between them and their organizations".

A)Psychological contract
B)Employee contract
C)HR contract
D)None of the above

Question 5

Decades of assessment research has found_____________ can, on average, predict success virtually as well as simulations.

A)Years of education
B)Training and experience ratings
C)Personality tests
D)General cognitive ability tests

Question 6

The fulfillment of the psychological contract could lead to a long and productive relationship for both the employee and employer where satisfaction and retention rates could be increased.

Question 7

According to survey research what percentage of large organizations consider online recruitment is a more effective means than any other traditional method of recruitment?

A)50%
B)90%
C)40%
D)20%

Question 8

In the United States, over 90% of large companies use the Internet to recruit applicants for job openings.

Question 9

Which of the following is not a recruiting process objective discussed in the text?

A)Cost
B)Speed of filling job vacancies
C)Satisfaction and retention rates
D)All of the above are discussed

Question 10

A ????????????_________ is best described as "when an applicant is given positive and negative attributes of a job they are applying to see if this job is truly what they desire or thought it was".

A)Realistic job preview
B)Online recruitment message
C)Recruiter interviewing
D)None of the above

Question 11

Which of the following statements is most accurate?

A)In the U.S., over 90% of large companies use the Internet to recruit applicants
B)In the U.S., over 50% of large companies use the Internet to recruit applicants
C)In the U.S., less than 75% of large companies use the Internet to recruit applicants
D)In the U.S., approximately 33% of large companies use the Internet to recruit applicants

Question 12

The goal of the ___________ function is to identify, attract, and hire the most qualified people.

A)Recruitment
B)Marketing
C)Training and development
D)None of the Above

Question 13

According to the research which population(s)tend to prefer online recruiting?

A)College students
B)Older workers
C)Hispanics
D)Women

Question 14

Which of the following statements about HRIS is true?

A)HRIS can measure the dollar value of selection to demonstrate its economic value as a company investment.
B)HRIS are unable to provide strategic information to company pertaining the value of selection
C)While HRIS can improve the quality of hires, they are unable to be measured and verified.
D)HRIS can guarantee that the individual selected for a position will succeed.

Question 15

According to Cascio (1991)which of the following is NOT a way of defining the quality of a job candidate?

A)The proportion who are successful on the job.
B)The average numeric value of an outcome of interest (such as number of products sold or customers served).
C)The dollar amount of benefit resulting to the organization (such as the annual increase in revenue).
D)The degree of which how positive a job evaluation is written by an immediate supervisor.

Question 16

The availability of particular information (i.e., advancement opportunities, salary)will not likely impact on applicants' attraction to organizations.

Question 17

A company's employment brand can do little to aid in the attraction of applicants to your websites.

Question 18

Online recruitment can decrease cycle time and increase the efficiency of the process by allowing organizations to spend less time gathering and sorting data.

Question 19

What has the research consistently found regarding the cost of online recruitment?

A)Online recruiting methods are considerably less costly than traditional recruiting methods
B)Online recruiting and traditional recruiting methods are equally costly.
C)Traditional recruiting methods are cheaper than online recruiting methods
D)None of the above

Question 20

____________ is best described as "job-related decision making tools that provide information about candidates that organizations use to make choices about their people".

A)Tests and assessments
B)Work simulations
C)Recruitment interviews
D)None of the above

Question 21

Please define and explain the importance of recruitment webpage navigability.

Question 22

Males generally have more computer anxiety and lower computer self-efficacy than females.

Question 23

The textbook offers several research-based guidelines on the effective design and use of online recruitment strategies.Please list five of the suggestions offered in the textbook.

Question 24

Please discuss the primary purpose of antidiscrimination laws in regard to selection.

Question 25

Content information can be defined as the overall ease to which a user can browse through multiple webpages to locate topics of interest.

Question 26

Online recruitment may have a negative impact on the extent to which organizations are able to attract women, older workers and some minorities.

Question 27

Aesthetic features represent the overall stylistic or innovative features of a website, such as contrasting colors, pictures, animation, and playfulness that keep the user engaged while navigating through multiple web pages.

Question 28

List and describe four reasons why assessment is important for HRIS
-Why is Assessment Important for HRIS?

Question 29

What recruiting objectives are being met through the use of online recruitment?

Question 30

Applicant perceptions of website content and style have been found to be positively related to organizational attraction.

Question 31

What is the goal of the recruitment function?

Question 32

Navigability refers to the degree to which the website hosts relevant information that the user deems valuable and informative in nature.

Question 33

Older individuals (55 or above)tend to have lower computer self-efficacy than younger adults.

Question 34

College students tend to prefer online recruitment over other recruitment sources.

Question 35

The extent to which the website is usable or not has been referred to as "website usability".

Question 36

Please discuss what is meant by "adverse impact".

Question 37

Please discuss the rule of thumb that is often used to determine if adverse impact is judged to exist.

Question 38

One problem with online recruitment is that it may attract job hoppers.

Question 39

What are some of the technological issues that arise through the use of technology in the function of selection?