'Going implicit': Using implicit measures in organizationsWe thank Catherine Apers for recommending literature on projective tests and for valuable suggestions on earlier drafts of this paper.

Rensburg, Yolandi-Eloise Janse van; Köck, F.; Derous, Eva

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“…For example, an IAT that was developed to predict training skills and that could be used to hire or promote individuals was perceived by participants to lack procedural justice due to low job-relatedness and too little opportunity to perform (i.e., applicants' feeling that the selection procedure allows them to show their abilities) as judged by the participants (Wright & Meade, 2011). For TAT-like instruments, concerns have been raised about their lack of face validity (Van Rensburg et al, 2019), which could lead to defensive test-takers responses (Ridgeway, 2017). To our knowledge, applicant reactions to CRTs have not been empirically investigated so far (Connelly et al, 2018).…”

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The Psychological Assessment of Refugees in the Context of Work-Related Integration

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This dissertation aimed to enhance the understanding of psychological assessment in relation to work-related integration of refugees through four empirical chapters. The second, third, and fourth chapters focused on individual-level predictors of refugees’ linguistic and economic integration outcomes, while the fifth chapter concentrated on the development and validation of an implicit instrument for the organizational context. Chapter 2 examined whether refugees could be grouped into subgroups based on their psychological profiles. The study was conducted among recently arrived refugees in the Netherlands, and it identified four clusters of refugees who shared similar profiles through means of cluster analysis: bright, incapable, distressed, and undistinctive-ordinary clusters. These clusters, as well as the refugee demographic subgroups based on nationality, gender, age, and educational level, were related to the refugees’ level of work search intention and local language proficiency. The results showed that the psychological clusters differed particularly in local language proficiency, with the bright and the incapable clusters showing respectively high and low local language proficiency test scores. However, the psychological clusters were substantially less differentiated in their level of work search intention. The refugee subgroups based on nationality, gender, and educational level showed larger differences in work search intention compared to the psychological clusters. Chapter 3 investigated the relationship between psychological traits and refugees’ local language proficiency and the potential incremental validity of psychological traits in predicting local language proficiency. Using cross-sectional assessment data of a large group of Syrian and Eritrean refugees living in the Netherlands, the results showed that GMA and work search intention showed positive relationships with local language proficiency, above and beyond the effects of refugees’ demographic variables and psychological distress. Additionally, one’s work search intention was found to strengthen the effect of GMA on local language proficiency. Contrary to the predictions, no positive linear effects on local language proficiency for Conscientiousness and Openness were observed, although some evidence was found for curvilinear relationships between these traits and the outcome. Chapter 4 introduced and tested a novel framework of individual-difference factors as predictors of refugees’ workforce participation. The framework organizes individual-difference factors into two hindering and two facilitating variable groups: Impeding demographics and health- and family-related challenges (hindering), and acquired human and social capital and work-relevant traits (facilitating). The framework was examined using time-lagged data with a five-year span among Syrian and Eritrean refugees living in the Netherlands. The findings revealed that several hindering factors (i.e., older age, being a woman, and physical health problems) and several facilitating factors (i.e., pre-migration educational level, pre-migration work experience, local language proficiency, frequency of contact with natives, Extraversion, GMA, and work centrality) contributed to predicting one or more of the studied employment outcomes. Chapter 5 focused on the development and validation of an integrity-related implicit instrument for the organizational context. Implicit instruments offer a solution to the cross-cultural validity issues of traditional personality inventories. This instrument assesses the integrity-related personality trait of Honesty-Humility, which has been shown to be an important trait for employment outcomes. The study found that the implicit measure of Honesty-Humility was positively related to supervisor-rated job performance, and this relationship was mediated by employees’ behavioral intentions to comply with ethical standards. Overall, these chapters provide insights into the psychological assessment of refugees in relation to work-related integration and offer practical implications for policymakers and practitioners working in the field of refugee integration.

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The use of implicit measures in service research: Why, how, when and what is the way forward?

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Slabbinck,

Willems

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Purpose To date, to the best of the authors’ knowledge, the use of implicit measures in the service research domain is limited. This paper aims to introduce implicit measures and explain why, or for what purpose, they are worthwhile to consider; how these measures can be used; and when and where implicit measures merit the service researcher’s consideration. Design/methodology/approach To gain an understanding of how implicit measures could benefit service research, three promising implicit measures are discussed, namely, the implicit association test, the affect misattribution procedure and the propositional evaluation paradigm. More specifically, this paper delves into how implicit measures can support service research, focusing on three focal service topics, namely, technology, affective processes including customer experience and service employees. Findings This paper demonstrates how implicit measures can investigate paramount service-related subjects. Additionally, it provides essential methodological “need-to-knows” for assessing others’ work with implicit measures and/or for starting your own use of them. Originality/value This paper introduces when and why to consider integrating implicit measures in service research, along with a roadmap on how to get started.

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'Going implicit': Using implicit measures in organizationsWe thank Catherine Apers for recommending literature on projective tests and for valuable suggestions on earlier drafts of this paper.

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