MIOP: Weekly Readings

Psychometrics and Testing

• Hamza, P. A., Othman, B. J., Gardi, B., Sorguli, S., Aziz, H. M., Ahmed, S. A., Sabir, B. Y., Ismael, N. B., Ali, B. J., & Anwar, G. (2021). Recruitment and Selection: The Relationship between Recruitment and Selection with Organizational Performance. International Journal of Engineering, Business and Management, 5(3), 1–13. https://doi.org/10.22161/ijebm.5.3.1
• Heesen, R., & Romeijn, J.-W. (2023). Measurement Invariance, Selection Invariance, and Fair Selection Revisited. Psychological Methods, 28(3), 687–690. https://doi.org/10.1037/met0000491

Psychometric Characteristics of Assessment

• Whetzel, D., Sullivan, T., & McCloy, R. (2020). Situational Judgment Tests: An Overview of Development Practices and Psychometric Characteristics. Personnel Assessment and Decisions, 6(1). https://doi.org/10.25035/pad.2020.01.001
• Schneier, C. E. (1977). Operational utility and psychometric characteristics of Behavioral Expectation Scales: A cognitive reinterpretation. Journal of Applied Psychology, 62(5), 541–548. https://doi.org/10.1037/0021-9010.62.5.541
• Chirumbolo, A., Picconi, L., Morelli, M., & Petrides, K. V. (2019). The Assessment of Trait Emotional Intelligence: Psychometric Characteristics of the TEIQue-Full Form in a Large Italian Adult Sample. Frontiers in Psychology, 9, 2786–2786. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02786

Constructs Definition

• Stenner, A.J., Smith, M., Burdick, D.S. (2023). Toward a Theory of Construct Definition. In: Fisher Jr., W.P., Massengill, P.J. (eds) Explanatory Models, Unit Standards, and Personalized Learning in Educational Measurement. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-3747-7_4
• Arthur, W., & Villado, A. J. (2008). The Importance of Distinguishing Between Constructs and Methods When Comparing Predictors in Personnel Selection Research and Practice. Journal of Applied Psychology, 93(2), 435–442. https://doi.org/10.1037/0021-9010.93.2.435

Antecedents and Consequences of Constructs

• Haar, J., & Brougham, D. (2022). Work antecedents and consequences of work-life balance: A two sample study within New Zealand. International Journal of Human Resource Management, 33(4), 784–807. https://doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2020.1751238
• Seibert, S. E., Wang, G., & Courtright, S. H. (2011). Antecedents and Consequences of Psychological and Team Empowerment in Organizations: A Meta-Analytic Review. Journal of Applied Psychology, 96(5), 981–1003. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0022676

Psychometric Rigor

• Ontrup, G., Moeschke, J., Buechsenschuss, R., Biemann, R. (2023). When to Think Like a Scientist: Balancing Scientific Rigor and Satisfying Business Needs in HR Analytics. Zeitschrift für Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie A&O, 67(4), 214–218. https://doi.org/10.1026/0932-4089/a000418
• Gregory, B. T., Armenakis, A. A., Moates, K. N., Albritton, M. D., & Harris, S. G. (2007). Achieving Scientific Rigor in Organizational Diagnosis: An Application of the Diagnostic Funnel. Consulting Psychology Journal, 59(2), 79–90. https://doi.org/10.1037/1065-9293.59.2.79

Valid Survey Definition

• Cobern, W., Adams, B. (2020). Establishing survey validity: A practical guide. International Journal of Assessment Tools in Education, 7(3), 404-419. https://doi.org/10.21449/ijate.781366
• Sevec, J. (2024, March 18). Validating a Survey: What It Means, How to do It: A comprehensive guide to validating a survey. mTab. https://mtab.com/blog/ validating-a-survey-what-it-means-how-to-do-it

Factor Definition

• Frost, J. (2024, March 18). Factors. Statistics by Jim. https://statisticsbyjim.com/glossary/factors/
• Frost, J. (2024, March 18). Factor Analysis Guide with an Example. Statistics by Jim. https://statisticsbyjim.com/basics/factor-analysis/

Construct Relationships

• Edwards, J. R., & Rothbard, N. P. (2000). Mechanisms Linking Work and Family: Clarifying the Relationship Between Work and Family Constructs. The Academy of Management Review, 25(1), 178–199. https://doi.org/10.5465/amr.2000.2791609
• Edwards, J. R., & Bagozzi, R. P. (2000). On the Nature and Direction of Relationships Between Constructs and Measures. Psychological Methods, 5(2), 155–174. https://doi.org/10.1037/1082-989X.5.2.155
• Frost, J. (2024). Construct Validity: Definition and Assessment. Statistics by Jim. https://statisticsbyjim.com/basics/construct-validity/

Critical Critique

• Mingers, J. (2006). A critique of statistical modelling in management science from a critical realist perspective: its role within multimethodology. The Journal of the Operational Research Society, 57(2), 202–219. https://doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.jors.2601980
• Coughlan, M., Cronin, P., & Ryan, F. (2007). Step-by-step guide to critiquing research. Part 1: quantitative research. British Journal of Nursing (Mark Allen Publishing), 16(11), 658–663. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2007.16.11.23681
• Abell, Cathy H. and Garrett Wright, Dawn M. (2016). Critiquing Quantitative Research Reports: Key Points for the Beginner. International Journal of Faith Community Nursing, 2(3), 1-4. http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/ijfcn/vol2/iss3/1

Psychometric Tools

• Platts, C. (2009). Psychometrics in Coaching: Using Psychological and Psychometric Tools for Development. Coaching Psychologist, 5(2), 152–154. https://doi.org/10.53841/bpstcp.2009.5.2.152
• Psychometric Society. (2024). What is Psychometrics? Psychometric Society. https://www.psychometricsociety.org/what-psychometrics
• American Psychological Association. (2024). APA PsycTests®. American Psychological Association. https://www.apa.org/pubs/databases/psyctests/

Measurement Tools

• Verbal Reasoning
  • Colberg, M. (1985). Logic-based Measurement of Verbal Reasoning: A Key to Increased Validity and Economy. Personnel Psychology, 38(2), 347–359. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-6570.1985.tb00552.x
  • Oaksford, M., & Chater, N. (2020). New Paradigms in the Psychology of Reasoning. Annual Review of Psychology, 71, 305-. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-psych-010419-051132
• Numerical Reasoning
  • ​​​​​​​Tubau, E. (2008). Enhancing probabilistic reasoning: The role of causal graphs, statistical format and numerical skills. Learning and Individual Differences, 18(2), 187–196. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lindif.2007.08.006
  • McNulty, K. (2022, June 6). What is numerical reasoning and how does it relate to career choice? you science. https://www.youscience.com/ what-is-numerical-reasoning/
• Personality Questionnaires
  • ​​​​​​​Christensen, A. P., Golino, H., & Silvia, P. J. (2020). A Psychometric Network Perspective on the Validity and Validation of Personality Trait Questionnaires. European Journal of Personality, 34(6), 1095–1108. https://doi.org/10.1002/per.2265
• Non-verbal Reasoning
  • ​​​​​​​Logsdon, A. (2022, November 21). The Importance of Nonverbal Intelligence. verywell family. https://www.verywellfamily.com/ what-is-nonverbal-intelligence-2162165
• Mechanical Comprehension
  • ​​​​​​​Lakin, J. M., & Wai, J. (2020). Spatially gifted, academically inconvenienced: Spatially talented students experience less academic engagement and more behavioural issues than other talented students. British Journal of Educational Psychology, 90(4), 1015–1038. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjep.12343
• IQ Tests
  • ​​​​​​​Murtza, M. H., Gill, S. A., Aslam, H. D., & Noor, A. (2021). Intelligence quotient, job satisfaction, and job performance: The moderating role of personality type. Journal of Public Affairs, 21(3). https://doi.org/10.1002/pa.2318

Measuring Meaningful Work

• Nikolova, M., & Cnossen, F. (2020). What Makes Work Meaningful and Why Economists Should Care about It. IDEAS Working Paper Series from RePEc.
• Gui, W., Bai, Q., & Wang, L. (2022). Workplace Incivility and Employees’ Personal Initiative: A Moderated Mediation Model of Emotional Exhaustion and Meaningful Work. SAGE Open, 12(1), 215824402210798-. https://doi.org/10.1177/21582440221079899

Employee Engagement

• Kwon, K., & Kim, T. (2020). An integrative literature review of employee engagement and innovative behavior: Revisiting the JD-R model. Human Resource Management Review, 30(2), 100704-. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hrmr.2019.100704
• Lee, J. Y., Rocco, T. S., & Shuck, B. (2020). What Is a Resource: Toward a Taxonomy of Resources for Employee Engagement. Human Resource Development Review, 19(1), 5-38. https://doi.org/10.1177/1534484319853100

Engagement Surveys/Measurement

• Kumar, P., & Padhi, N. (2022). Development and validation of multi-factor employee engagement measuring instrument: a formative measurement model. Personnel Review, 51(9), 2261–2276. https://doi.org/10.1108/PR-01-2021-0014
• Song, H.-D., Hong, A. J., & Jo, Y. (2021). Psychometric Investigation of the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale-17 Using the Rasch Measurement Model. Psychological Reports, 124(3), 1384–1411. https://doi.org/10.1177/0033294120922494
• Burnett, J. R., & Lisk, T. C. (2019). The Future of Employee Engagement: Real-Time Monitoring and Digital Tools for Engaging a Workforce. International Studies of Management & Organization, 49(1), 108–119. https://doi.org/10.1080/00208825.2019.1565097

Engagement Consulting

• Purcell, John (2012). The limits and possibilities of employee engagement. Warwick Papers in Industrial Relations, No. 96, University of Warwick, Industrial Relations Research Unit, Coventry, 1 – 18.
• Pugh, S. D., & Dietz, J. (2008). Employee Engagement at the Organizational Level of Analysis. Industrial and Organizational Psychology, 1(1), 44–47. doi:10.1111/j.1754-9434.2007.00006.x
• LinkedIn. (2024). How do you stay sharp as an employee engagement consultant? LinkedIn. https://www.linkedin.com/advice/0/how-do-you-stay-sharp-employee-engagement-consultant

Qualitative Engagement Research

• Saari, T., Melin, H., Balabanova, E., & Efendiev, A. (2017). The job demands and resources as antecedents of work engagement. Baltic Journal of Management, 12(2), 240–254. https://doi.org/10.1108/BJM-05-2016-0112
• Brad Shuck, M., Rocco, T. S., & Albornoz, C. A. (2011). Exploring employee engagement from the employee perspective: implications for HRD. Journal of European Industrial Training, 35(4), 300–325. https://doi.org/10.1108/03090591111128306

Delivering Bad News to Leaders

• Kitz, C., Barclay, L., Heiko, B. (2023) The delivery of bad news: An integrative review and path forward. Human Resource Management Review, 33(3), 1 – 23. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hrmr.2023.100971
• Hillebrandt, A., Saldanha, M. F., Brady, D. L., & Barclay, L. J. (2022). Delivering bad news fairly: The influence of core self-evaluations and anxiety for the enactment of interpersonal justice. Human Relations (New York), 75(7), 1238–1269. https://doi.org/10.1177/00187267211011000

Quantitative Engagement Measurement

• Supriyanto, A. S., Ekowati, V. M., Pujianto, Z. T., & Masyhuri. (2020). Employee Engagement: A Quantitative Review and Its Relationship with Job Satisfaction and Employee Performance. Proceedings of the International Conference on Engineering, Technology and Social Science (ICONETOS 2020), 529, 268-273. https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.210421.038
• Rupp, D. E., Shao, R., Skarlicki, D. P., Paddock, E. L., Kim, T.-Y., & Nadisic, T. (2018). Corporate social responsibility and employee engagement: The moderating role of CSR-specific relative autonomy and individualism. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 39(5), 559–579. https://doi.org/10.1002/job.2282
• Boccoli, G., Gastaldi, L., & Corso, M. (2023). The evolution of employee engagement: Towards a social and contextual construct for balancing individual performance and wellbeing dynamically. International Journal of Management Reviews : IJMR, 25(1), 75–98. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijmr.12304

Psychometric Consulting

• Chapa, O. (2022). An examination of the Beck Anxiety Inventory structure and psychometric properties: A study of American employees. International Journal of Human Resource Management, 33(12), 2420–2441. https://doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2020.1863246
• Kabalina, V., & Osipova, A. (2022). Identifying and assessing talent potential for future needs of a company. The Journal of Management Development, 41(3), 147–162. https://doi.org/10.1108/JMD-11-2021-0319

Diversity and Engagement

• Holtz, D., Carterette, B., Chandar, P., Nazari, Z., Cramer, H., & Aral, S. (2020). The Engagement-Diversity Connection: Evidence from a Field Experiment on Spotify. arXiv.Org. https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2003.08203
• Ketut, N., Dwijendra A., Dwijendra N. (2020). Innovative Work Behaviors in Pharmacies of Indonesia: Role of Employee Voice, Generational Diversity Management and Employee Engagement. Systematic Reviews in Pharmacy 11(2), 725 – 734. https://doi.org/10.31838/srp.2020.2.105

Organizational Justice

• Onyango, R. O., Egessa, R., & Ojera, P. (2022). Effect of Organizational Justice on Employee Engagement in the Hospitality Industry. European Journal of Business and Management Research, 7(4), 6–13. https://doi.org/10.24018/ejbmr.2022.7.4.1259
• Purnama, Y., Yjahjono, H., Assery, S., Dzakiyullah, N. (2020). The Relationship of Organizational Justic on Job Satisfaction and Job Performance in Banking Company. International Journal of Scientific & Technology Research 9(03), 4012 – 4015.

Starting a Consulting Business

• Jewell, D. O., Jewell, S. F., & Kaufman, B. E. (2022). Designing and implementing high-performance work systems: Insights from consulting practice for academic researchers. Human Resource Management Review, 32(1), 100749-. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hrmr.2020.100749
• The Evolving World of Human Resource Consulting: A global perspective on the challenges and opportunities in the consulting field. (2023). HRNews.
• Sokol, M. B. (2020). Mindful Design of the Sole-Practitioner Consultancy. Consulting Psychology Journal, 72(1), 27–39. https://doi.org/10.1037/cpb0000153
• Field, S. D. (2020). Starting a Consulting Business: The Three Prerequisites. Chapter 3 In How to Succeed As a Solo Consultant. Business Expert Press.

Business Plans

• Viltard, L. A. (2015). THE DEATH OF THE BUSINESS PLAN More than ever, learning plans and not business plans are meant to analyze most of business growth alternatives. Independent Journal of Management & Production, 6(4), 1097–1114. https://doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v6i4.361
• Impatient business: How the now economy is shaping modern business plans. (2021). Strategic Direction (Bradford, England), 37(1), 43–45. https://doi.org/10.1108/SD-10-2020-0189

Value Proposition

• Cote, C. (2020). How to Create an Effective Value Proposition. Harvard Business School Online. https://online.hbs.edu/blog/post/creating-a-value-proposition
• Unlocking concealed value in the employee value proposition (EVP): A behavioral journey through employee commitment within the work environment. (2020). Human Resource Management International Digest, 28(5), 41–43. https://doi.org/10.1108/HRMID-04-2020-0079

Validity

• Borsboom, D., Mellenbergh, G. J., & van Heerden, J. (2004). The Concept of Validity. Psychological Review, 111(4), 1061–1071. https://doi.org/10.1037/0033-295X.111.4.1061
• Kenny, D. A. (2019). Enhancing Validity in Psychological Research. The American Psychologist, 74(9), 1018–1028. https://doi.org/10.1037/amp0000531

Reliability

• Revelle, W., & Condon, D. M. (2019). Reliability From α to ω: A Tutorial. Psychological Assessment, 31(12), 1395–1411. https://doi.org/10.1037/pas0000754
• Hong, Y., Lian, J., Xu, L., Min, J., Wang, Y., Freeman, L. J., & Deng, X. (2023). Statistical perspectives on reliability of artificial intelligence systems. Quality Engineering, 35(1), 56–78. https://doi.org/10.1080/08982112.2022.2089854

Cronbach's Alpha Coefficient

• Hoekstra, R., Vugteveen, J., Warrens, M. J., & Kruyen, P. M. (2019). An empirical analysis of alleged misunderstandings of coefficient alpha. International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 22(4), 351–364. https://doi.org/10.1080/13645579.2018.1547523
• Barbera, J., Naibert, N., Komperda, R. & Pentecost, T. (2020). Clarity on Cronbach’s Alpha Use. Journal of Chemical Education, 98(2), 257 – 258. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jchemed.0c00183

Ethics of Measurement

• Entrepreneurship in Nonprofits: 5.8 Ethics in Measurement. University of Basel. https://tales.nmc.unibas.ch/en/entrepreneurship-in-nonprofits-10/impact-measurement-30/ethics-in-measurement-136
• Streiner, D. L. (2014). Health Measurement Scales: A practical guide to their development and use (Fifth edition.). Oxford University Press.

Ethics of Human Data Collection

• Husband, G. (2020). Ethical Data Collection and Recognizing the Impact of Semi-Structured Interviews on Research Respondents. Education Sciences, 10(8), 206-. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci10080206
• Segalla, M., & Rouziès, D. (2023). The Ethics of Managing People’s Data. In Harvard Business Review (Vol. 101, Issue 4, pp. 86–94). Harvard Business Review.

Belmont Report

• US Department of Health and Human Services (2022). The Belmont Report. US Department of Health and Human Services https://www.hhs.gov/ohrp/regulations-and-policy/belmont-report/index.html
• Redman, B. K., & Caplan, A. L. (2021). Should the Regulation of Research Misconduct Be Integrated with the Ethics Framework Promulgated in The Belmont Report? Ethics & Human Research, 43(1), 37–41. https://doi.org/10.1002/eahr.500078

Collecting Survey Data

• Van Bulck, L., Wampers, M., & Moons, P. (2022). Research Electronic Data Capture (REDCap): tackling data collection, management, storage, and privacy challenges. European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing : Journal of the Working Group on Cardiovascular Nursing of the European Society of Cardiology, 21(1), 85–91. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurjcn/zvab104
• Andrade, C. (2020). The Limitations of Online Surveys. Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine, 42(6), 575–576. https://doi.org/10.1177/0253717620957496

Generalizability

• Degtiar, I., & Rose, S. (2021). A Review of Generalizability and Transportability. arXiv.Org. https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2102.11904
• Hays, D. G., & McKibben, W. B. (2021). Promoting Rigorous Research: Generalizability and Qualitative Research. Journal of Counseling and Development, 99(2), 178–188. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcad.12365

Application of Psychometrics

• Song, Q. C., Liu, M., Tang, C., & Long, L. F. (2020). Applying principles of big data to the workplace and talent analytics. In Big data in psychological research (pp. 319–344). American Psychological Association. https://doi.org/10.1037/0000193-015
• Sanhokwe, H., & Takawira, S. (2022). Appreciating resilience at work: Psychometric assessment, measurement, and practical implications. Cogent Psychology, 9(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/23311908.2022.2052620

Response Rate of Surveys

• Wu, M.J., Zhao, K., & Fils-Aime, F. (2022). Response rates of online surveys in published research: A meta-analysis. Computers in Human Behavior Reports, 7, 100206-. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chbr.2022.100206
• Daikeler, J., Bošnjak, M., Manfreda, K.L. (2020). Web Versus Other Survey Modes: An Updated and Extended Meta-Analysis Comparing Response Rates. Journal of Survey Statistics and Methodology, 8(3), 513–539. https://doi.org/10.1093/jssam/smz008

Survey Distribution

• Van Quaquebeke, N., Salem, M., van Dijke, M., & Wenzel, R. (2022). Conducting organizational survey and experimental research online: From convenient to ambitious in study designs, recruiting, and data quality. Organizational Psychology Review, 12(3), 268-305. https://doi.org/10.1177/20413866221097571
• Schooley, S. (2023). How to develop and conduct employee surveys. Business News Daily. https://www.businessnewsdaily.com/15860-conduct-employee-surveys.html

Letters of Consent

• Bazzano, L. A., Durant, J., & Brantley, P. R. (2021). A Modern History of Informed Consent and the Role of Key Information. The Ochsner Journal, 21(1), 81–85. https://doi.org/10.31486/toj.19.0105
• Traianou, A., & Hammersley, M. (2021). Is there a right not to be researched? Is there a right to do research? Some questions about informed consent and the principle of autonomy. International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 24(4), 443–452. https://doi.org/10.1080/13645579.2020.1801276
• Rousi, A. M. (2021). Ethical review and informed consent guidelines of high impact anthropology, business, and education research journals. Learned Publishing, 34(3), 339–346. https://doi.org/10.1002/leap.1368