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Going With Your Gut: An Investigation of Why Managers Prefer Intuitive Employee Selection

Lodato, Michael A.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1206311034

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2008, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Bowling Green State University, Psychology/Industrial-Organizational.
Although previous research supports the use of analytical selection over intuitive selection, many employers continue to hold on to the belief they can hire the best employees by relying on their intuition without the assistance of decision aids. In this study, the relationship of selection decision making style (i.e., preference for intuition vs. analysis) to thinking style, decisiveness, experience, and other professional characteristics was examined. Additionally, hiring context (salaried vs. hourly) was investigated experimentally. Results indicated that HR professionals are more likely to prefer intuitive selection if they have an experiential thinking style, work for a small company, have fewer years of experience, or are not SPHR certified. Alternatively, HR professionals prefer an analytical style when they work for a large company, or are hiring lower level, hourly, employees.
Scott Highhouse (Committee Chair)
Milton Hakel (Committee Member)
Mary Hare (Committee Member)
Amelia Carr (Committee Member)
81 p.
Behaviorial Sciences; Occupational Psychology; Organizational Behavior; Psychology; Social Research
employee selection; decision making; intuition; scientist-practitioner gap; cognitive-experiential self theory; beliefs about testing

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  • Lodato, M. A. (2008). Going With Your Gut: An Investigation of Why Managers Prefer Intuitive Employee Selection [Doctoral dissertation, Bowling Green State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1206311034

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Lodato, Michael. Going With Your Gut: An Investigation of Why Managers Prefer Intuitive Employee Selection. 2008. Bowling Green State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1206311034.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Lodato, Michael. "Going With Your Gut: An Investigation of Why Managers Prefer Intuitive Employee Selection." Doctoral dissertation, Bowling Green State University, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1206311034

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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