Abacs approximating the product-moment correlation for both explicit and implicit selection are presented. These abacs give accuracy to within .01 of the corresponding analytic estimate.

In their focal article, Reynolds, McCauley, Tsacoumis, and the Jeanneret Symposium Participants (2018) stress the importance of context in leadership assessment. For instance, they argue that senior executives work in a different context compared to lower-level managers and that this should be taken into account. A simple example is that the competency of strategic thinking is critical for executive performance but much less so, if at all, for front-line supervisors. The claim that context matters in leadership and in the assessment of leaders is easy to grasp but difficult to apply in practice.

Employability is defined as the capacity to gain and retain formal employment, or find new employment if necessary. Reasons for unemployment are often attributed to economic factors, but psychological factors associated with employability also contribute to the problem. Consequently, industrial-organizational psychologists should be uniquely suited to contribute to policy solutions for enhancing employability. This review begins by surveying the most common research approach to employability—the study of career success—which psychologists believe is determined by cognitive abilities, personality, and educational achievement. Next, we review the literature concerning what employers actually want. This section highlights the importance of social skills (being rewarding to deal with) as a key determinant of employability. We conclude by proposing a model for understanding the psychological determinants of employability and for bridging the gap between what psychologists prescribe and what employers want.

Five cases of nosocomially acquired herpetic whitlow are presented; three cases developed following a common exposure. All infections were acquired despite the use of surgical gloves as recommended by existing guidelines on control of nosocomial infection. In two cases the mistaken diagnosis of pyogenic paronychia led to surgical intervention, with excessive morbidity and disability. Among the five cases, morbidity ranged from several days of unemployment to permanent sequelae necessitating a career change. Revised guidelines for infection control should include the use of gloves on both hands whenever patient care involves contact with a debilitated patient with herpes simplex labialis.