The impact of need for cognition on primacy and regency effects in the employment interview

The order of interview questions during the interview may influence candidate ratings, giving an unfair advantage to some candidates. This study was done to test the effect of the interviewer's need for cogniton, the desire to use cognitive energy, on primacy and recency effects during the empl...

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Main Author:	Lawton, Amy Marie
Format:	Others
Published:	CSUSB ScholarWorks 2007
Subjects:	Employment interviewing Cognition Employees Rating of Discrimination in employment Employment interviewing. Industrial and Organizational Psychology
Online Access:	https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/3292 https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4376&context=etd-project

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spelling	ndltd-csusb.edu-oai-scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu-etd-project-43762019-10-23T03:34:43Z The impact of need for cognition on primacy and regency effects in the employment interview Lawton, Amy Marie The order of interview questions during the interview may influence candidate ratings, giving an unfair advantage to some candidates. This study was done to test the effect of the interviewer's need for cogniton, the desire to use cognitive energy, on primacy and recency effects during the employment interview. A transcript of competency-based behavior description interivew questions was given to nearly 300 participants. Evidence was found for recency effects only, and no significant differences were found that could be attributed to the interviewer's need for cognition. 2007-01-01T08:00:00Z text application/pdf https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/3292 https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4376&context=etd-project Theses Digitization Project CSUSB ScholarWorks Employment interviewing Cognition Employees Rating of Discrimination in employment Cognition Discrimination in employment Employees Rating of Employment interviewing. Industrial and Organizational Psychology
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description	The order of interview questions during the interview may influence candidate ratings, giving an unfair advantage to some candidates. This study was done to test the effect of the interviewer's need for cogniton, the desire to use cognitive energy, on primacy and recency effects during the employment interview. A transcript of competency-based behavior description interivew questions was given to nearly 300 participants. Evidence was found for recency effects only, and no significant differences were found that could be attributed to the interviewer's need for cognition.
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title	The impact of need for cognition on primacy and regency effects in the employment interview
title_short	The impact of need for cognition on primacy and regency effects in the employment interview
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The impact of need for cognition on primacy and regency effects in the employment interview

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