TITLE:
A Critical Review of Literature on Employment Selection Tests
AUTHORS:
Babu Karan Charles, Oluoch Mercy Florah
KEYWORDS:
Employment, Job Placement, Selection Tests, Psychomotor Tests, Personality Tests
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Human Resource and Sustainability Studies,
Vol.9 No.3,
September
14,
2021
ABSTRACT: This independent conceptual study
paper discusses a critical review of literature on employment selection tests.
The objectives are: to establish whether employment selection tests are the panacea of
getting the right people for the right job. Secondly, to identify and classify
employment selection tests and indicate weightings for different job fits.
Finally to advance a critical analysis of employment selection test types and
grey areas for recommendations to potential employers based on available
research findings by various scholars. The paper further focusses on the
various types of employment tests, definitions of tests, role of tests and the
basis on which employment tests are determined; methods, objectives and
aptitude as a process in Human Resource hiring by various organizational
sectors. The paper also covers several areas in detail to give in-depth review
and analysis of testing as a means of identifying the right people on right
jobs namely employee selection, purpose of selection, employee selection styles
and stages thereon. The paper discusses types of tests namely; attitude tests,
achievement tests, personality tests, objectives tests, projective tests,
situation tests, interest tests and the process namely; recruitment, methods and
objectives are also highlighted. The critical review of this paper captures a
section on review of theories relevant to the concept of selection tests for
employment process and placement of Human Resource personnel in organizations.