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Beyond Empirical Equivalence

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 November 2017

Carter Gibson*
Affiliation:
Shaker
Daly Vaughn
Affiliation:
Shaker
Mike Hudy
Affiliation:
Shaker
*
Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Carter Gibson, Shaker, 3201 Enterprise Parkway, Suite 360, Cleveland, OH 44122. E-mail: carter.gibson@shakercg.com

Extract

We wonder whether theory alone can solve problems and answer questions faced by practitioners working on the front lines of assessment innovation. Stated another way, to what degree can current theories influence the application of our work to new technology when it comes available? We are speaking as practitioners working in selection, the area in which technology has been studied most commonly in industrial-organizational (I-O) psychology (e.g., King, Ryan, Kantrowitz, Grelle, & Dainis, 2015). More specifically, we focus on the impact of mobile technology on our selection systems. We are excited for the focal article (Morelli, Potosky, Arthur, & Tippins, 2017) on theory development relative to technological advancement because much of the work we do in this area has not been discussed significantly in the literature. Our goal in this commentary is to review what we have learned about the implications of technology from our experience building and validating innovative prehire assessments.

Type
Commentaries
Copyright
Copyright © Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology 2017 

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