The lack of adequate performance criteria necessitated the use of a combined content-and constmct-referrenced strategy to identify valid selectors for filling steelworking positions on the basis of physical ability. First, work samples (WSs) of entry-level positions were formed for each of three sites. Potential selectors were then chosen, and 168 men and 81 women at the three sites (comprising mostly Steelworkers in the first 6 months of employment) performed both the selection and WS tasks. A measure of static strength, the arm dynamometer, was found to have especially strong correlations with WS performance; the average correlation with the three composite measures of performance was .84. Multiple regression analyses revealed no advantage in using more than the arm dynamometer for selection, and bias analyses showed that the measure would have, at most, a slight adverse impact against males. Using conservative estimates, it was determined that using the arm dynamometer as a selector could potentially save the company over $9 million a year.
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