Using Narrow Facets of an Integrity Test to Predict Safety: A test validation study |
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| Authors: | Alex Casillas Steve Robbins Tamera McKinniss Ben Postlethwaite In‐Sue Oh |
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| Institution: | 1. Research Division of ACT Inc., 500 ACT Drive, Iowa City, IA 52243, USA. alex.casillas@act.org or steve.robbins@act.org;2. Department of Management and Organizations, Henry B. Tippie College of Business, 108 Pappajohn Business Building, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA |
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| Abstract: | This paper describes the development and validation of an integrity test, the WorkKeys Performance Assessment, designed specifically to measure two domains: employee risk reduction (i.e., safety behavior) and general work attitudes. These domains were hypothesized to differentially predict multiple work outcomes, including task performance, organizational citizenship, counterproductive behavior, and safety. The study used a large sample of workers whose performance was rated by their supervisors. Results suggest that both integrity domains predict employee behavior, with risk reduction providing incremental validity over general work attitudes when predicting counterproductive and safety behavior. The findings support the value of measuring both domains of integrity. |
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