The "g" in Faking: Doublethink the Validity of Personality Self-Report Measures for Applicant Selection.

ABSTRACT: The meta-analytic finding that faking does not affect the criterion validity of self-report measures in applicant selection suggests cognitive abilities are crucial to fake personality to an expected optimal profile in self-report measures. Previous studies in this field typically focus on how the extent of faking changes self-report measurement. However, the effect of faking ability is rarely considered. In Study 1 (n = 151), we link two questionnaires, the WSQ and the NEO-PI-R, to use them for later faking ability tasks. With O^∗NET expert ratings and the linked questionnaires, we establish veridical responses of optimal personality profiles for both questionnaires. Based on this, in Study 2, we develop six faking ability task employing both questionnaires

SUBMITTER: Geiger M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6244170 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature