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Ability to differentiate and its impact on employment interview decision-making.
USF St. Petersburg campus Faculty Publications
  • Sharon Segrest
  • Philip J. Trocchia
  • Mary Jo Jackson
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Sharon L. Segrest

Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2013
Disciplines
Abstract

How interview perceptions are formed and evaluative judgments made have traditionally been conceptualized as analogous to a "black box". Current research indicates a number of models that attempt to explain the way in which information is processed in an interview situation. Both management and cognitive psychology literatures indicate that an underlying cognitive model influences the way individual's process information into a single evaluative judgment. This paper explores one element of an individual's cognitive process, their degree of differentiation, and the impact it has on the accuracy of the interview decision. Results indicate that individuals who are have a higher degree of differentiation make more accurate interview decisions. The implication of this finding and its role in understanding the cognitive processing inherent in interview decisions and suggestions for future research are also discussed.

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Abstract only. Full-text article is available only through licensed access provided by the publisher. Published in Journal of Management and Marketing Research, 12 (1), 1-13. The full-text of the article may be accessed from the publisher's link provided.

Language
en_US
Publisher
Academic and Business Research Institute
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0
Citation Information
Segrest, S.L., Trocchia, P. J., and Jackson, M.J. (2013). Ability to differentiate and its impact on employment interview decision-making. Journal of Management and Marketing Research, 12 (1), 1-13.