The Psychology of Personnel Selection

Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic is a Senior Lecturer at Goldsmiths, Research Fellow at UCL and Visiting Professor at NYU in London. He is a world-wide expert in personality, intelligence and psychometrics and makes frequent media appearances providing psychological expertise on these issues. Adrian Furnham is Professor of Psychology at UCL. He is also a consultant on organizational behaviour and management, and a writer and broadcaster. His columns have appeared in management magazines such as Mastering Management and Human Resources, as well as the Financial Times, Sunday Times and the Daily Telegraph.

• Part I. Methods of Personnel Selection: 1. Early, unscientific methods; 2. The interview; 3. Letters of recommendation; 4. Biodata; 5. Situational judgment tests and GPA; Part II. Constructs for Personnel Selection: 6. General mental ability; 7. Personality traits; 8. Creativity; 9. Leadership; 10. Talent.

'The authors are to be congratulated on writing an up-to-date and accessible text that presents the field of personnel assessment in an interesting and innovative way.' Clive Fletcher, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick and Managing Director, Personnel Assessment Limited