Course: Psychology of Personnel Selection

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Course title Psychology of Personnel Selection
Course code PCH/MPVYP
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Seitl Martin, PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Goals of employees' selection a) Goals of the selection and Environmental fit b) Job analysis: individual differences and job demands c) Job demands and criteria definition d) Seminar: job analysis and definition of criterions 2. Individual differences a) KSAO and competencies b) Knowledge c) Can do and Will do d) Physical requirements e) Broad and narrow approach f) O*NET, NSP and other taxonomies. g) Seminar: definition of KSAO 3. Predictors and strategies a) Predictors and their classification b) Criteria´s, content´s, and construct´s validity in a selection process c) Rules for psychodiagnostic in selection d) Psychometrics characteristics of tests e) Seminar: CV analysis and interviews 4. Ability tests a) The meaning of ability tests - complexity b) Theories of abilities for selection c) GMA (VMT, ISA, IST,) d) Tests of specific cognitive functions (d2, Rection test, CompACT series, Tower of Hanoi,) e) Seminar: predictors of abilities 5. Personality tests a) The Big Five theory, integrity, above and beyond b) Questionnaires (BIP, GPOP, LMI, HPI, HDS, MVPI, ISK,) c) Situational judgement tests (LJI) d) Seminar: predictors of personality characteristics 6. Personality and physical tests a) Objective tests of personality b) Projective and performance-based tests c) Tests of physical, sensorial and psychomotor functions d) Seminar: predictors of personality characteristics, physical, sensorial and psychomotor functions 7. Methods and tests for Environmental fit a) Methods for leader fit b) Methods for group fit c) Methods for organizational fit d) Seminar: predictors of fits 8. The selection methodology: specific issues a) Faking in selection procedures and dynamic model b) On-line tests c) Definition of conclusion for the report d) Seminar: conclusions from psychodiagnostics 9. Assessment center 1 a) AC contract b) AC matrix c) Definition of methods d) Seminar: AC matrix and AC methods 10. Assessment center 2 a) Documents b) Observers c) Organization d) Analysis and conclusions e) Seminar: performance of AC methods 11. Assessment center 3 a) Ethics in the context of tests and AC b) Seminar: performance of AC methods 12. Counseling for applicants a) Positions search and submission b) Training for interview c) Preparation for tests d) Seminar: preparation of CV

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Demonstration, Activating (Simulations, Games, Dramatization)
  • Attendace - 36 hours per semester
  • Semestral Work - 16 hours per semester
  • Homework for Teaching - 10 hours per semester
  • Preparation for the Exam - 13 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The course aims at the theoretical and practical preparation of students for the conduction of employees´ selection, which utilizes specialized psychological techniques and tools. The course pays attention to issues of psychodiagnostic and ethics.
Listener: knows the basic concepts and relationships in selection of employees the most familiar with the terminology and relationships knows about specialized methods of selection of employees the familiar process of selection with specialized psychological techniques and tools is able to implement assessment center oriented in the selection tests
Prerequisites
This course is for the Master's Degree students who completed courses of work and organizational psychology.

Assessment methods and criteria
Mark, Seminar Work, Written exam

Students need to have fulfilled conditions for pre-exam credit before undergoing of written exam. Students of daily as well as combined (distant) study programs accomplish pre-exam credit by gaining 30 points for activities during semester.
Recommended literature
  • Amstrong, M. Personální management. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada Publishing, 1999..
  • Bělohlávek F. (2000). Jak řídit a vést lidi. Computer Press, Praha.
  • Bělohlávek, F. (2016). Jak vybrat správného člověka na správné místo. Praha, Grada.
  • Evangelu, J. E., & Neubauer, J. (2014). Testy pro personální práci. Praha, Grada.
  • Evangelu, J.E. (2009). Diagnostické metody v personalistice.
  • Hroník, F. (1999). Jak se nespálit při výběru zaměstnanců.
  • Christiansen, N. L., & Tett, R. (2013). Handbook of Personality at Work. New York, Routledge.
  • Koubek, J. (2012). Řízení lidských zdrojů. Praha.
  • Landy, F. J. & Conte, J. M. (2013). Work in 21st Century. An Introduction to Industrial and Organizational Psychology (4th ed.). Hoboken, Wiley.
  • Seitl, M. (2015). Testové psychodiagnostické metody pro výběr zaměstnanců. Olomouc, VUP.
  • Schmitt, N. (2012). The Oxford Handbook of Personnel Assessment and Selection. Oxford.
  • Siegel, Z. (2012). Jak hledat a najít zaměstnaní. Praha.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Psychology (2019) Category: Psychology courses 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter