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Jag är den ni söker: En experimentell studie kring jobbannonsers effekt på skönmålning

Wallin, Felix LU and Kjellberg, Karl-Johan LU (2022) PSYK11 20212
Department of Psychology
Abstract (Swedish)
Personlighetstester är ett vanligt förekommande verktyg i rekryteringsprocesser. Ett problem som kan uppstå är kandidater som skönmålar sina svar för att bättra sina chanser till anställning. Forskningsfrågan för denna studie var “Hur påverkas rapporteringen av personlighetsdrag av manipulation av informationsinnehållet i en fiktiv jobbannons och kan detta tolkas som skönmålning?” Detta undersöktes genom en experimentell enkätstudie där deltagarna slumpmässigt tilldelades en av två fiktiva rekryteringsannonser, där det i den ena annonsen tydligt beskrevs vilka personlighetsdrag som efterfrågades medan den andra annonsen inte innehöll några personlighetsdrag.
Deltagarna fick sedan skatta sin personlighet utifrån 50 items tagna från
... (More)
Personlighetstester är ett vanligt förekommande verktyg i rekryteringsprocesser. Ett problem som kan uppstå är kandidater som skönmålar sina svar för att bättra sina chanser till anställning. Forskningsfrågan för denna studie var “Hur påverkas rapporteringen av personlighetsdrag av manipulation av informationsinnehållet i en fiktiv jobbannons och kan detta tolkas som skönmålning?” Detta undersöktes genom en experimentell enkätstudie där deltagarna slumpmässigt tilldelades en av två fiktiva rekryteringsannonser, där det i den ena annonsen tydligt beskrevs vilka personlighetsdrag som efterfrågades medan den andra annonsen inte innehöll några personlighetsdrag.
Deltagarna fick sedan skatta sin personlighet utifrån 50 items tagna från
Goldberg Factor Markers (GFM-100), baserat på femfaktorteorin. Resultaten
jämfördes genom oberoende t-test och visade en medelvärdesskillnad mellan
experiment- och kontrollgrupp. Studien har ett praktiskt värde för organisationer som använder sig av annonser i samband med rekrytering. (Less)
Abstract (Swedish)
Personality tests are a common tool in recruitment. A problem that may arise is candidates who adjust their answers in a socially desirable way to improve their chances of employment. The research question of this study was: “How the reporting of personality traits is affected by manipulation of the content of a fictional job advertisement and can this be interpreted as socially desirable responding (SDR)?” This was examined through an experimental survey study where the participants were randomly assigned one out of two fictitious job advertisements, where in one advert it was clearly described which personality traits were requested while the other advert did not include any personality traits at all. The participants then had to... (More)
Personality tests are a common tool in recruitment. A problem that may arise is candidates who adjust their answers in a socially desirable way to improve their chances of employment. The research question of this study was: “How the reporting of personality traits is affected by manipulation of the content of a fictional job advertisement and can this be interpreted as socially desirable responding (SDR)?” This was examined through an experimental survey study where the participants were randomly assigned one out of two fictitious job advertisements, where in one advert it was clearly described which personality traits were requested while the other advert did not include any personality traits at all. The participants then had to estimate their personality based on 50 items
taken from the Goldberg Factor Markers (GFM-100), based on the five-factor theory. The results were then compared and showed a difference between the experimental and control group. The study has a practical value for organizations that use advertisements as a part of recruitment. (Less)
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author
Wallin, Felix LU and Kjellberg, Karl-Johan LU
supervisor
organization
course
PSYK11 20212
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
social önskvärdhet, skönmålning, personlighetstester, jobbannons, femfaktormodellen, social desirability, social desirable responding (SDR), personality tests, job advertisement, five factor model
language
Swedish
id
9075622
date added to LUP
2022-02-21 09:21:07
date last changed
2022-02-21 09:21:07
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  abstract     = {{Personality tests are a common tool in recruitment. A problem that may arise is candidates who adjust their answers in a socially desirable way to improve their chances of employment. The research question of this study was: “How the reporting of personality traits is affected by manipulation of the content of a fictional job advertisement and can this be interpreted as socially desirable responding (SDR)?” This was examined through an experimental survey study where the participants were randomly assigned one out of two fictitious job advertisements, where in one advert it was clearly described which personality traits were requested while the other advert did not include any personality traits at all. The participants then had to estimate their personality based on 50 items
taken from the Goldberg Factor Markers (GFM-100), based on the five-factor theory. The results were then compared and showed a difference between the experimental and control group. The study has a practical value for organizations that use advertisements as a part of recruitment.}},
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  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Jag är den ni söker: En experimentell studie kring jobbannonsers effekt på skönmålning}},
  year         = {{2022}},
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