Selected Biodata References
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Canadian Forces Personnel Research Team.
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Dalessio, A. T. and T. A. Silverhart (1994). "Combining Biodata Test and Interview Information: Predicting
Decisions and Performance Criteria." Personnel Psychology 47: 303-315.
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Fleishman, E. A. (1988). "Some New Frontiers in Personnel Selection Research." Personnel Psychology 41:
681-701.
Gandy, J. A., D. A. Dye, et al. (1994). Federal Government Selection: The Individual Achievement Record. Biodata
Handbook. G. S. Stokes, M. D. Mumford and W. A. Owens. Palo Alto, California, CPP Books: 275-310.
Hakstian, R. A., R. M. Woolley, et al. (1991). "Management Selection By Multiple-Domain Assessment: 1.
Concurrent Validity." Educational and Psychological Measurement 51: 882-898.
Harris, M. M. and J. Schaubroeck (1988). "A Meta-Analysis Of Self-Supervisor, Self-Peer, and Peer-Supervisor
Ratings." Personnel Psychology 41: 43-62.
Harris, M. M. (1989). "Reconsidering The Employment Interview: A Review of Recent Literature And Suggestions
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Harvey, R. J., M. D. Hakel, et al. (1988). "Dimensionality of the Job Element Inventory, a Simplified
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Hein, M. and S. Wesley (1994). Scaling Biodata Through Subgrouping. Biodata Handbook. G. S. Stokes, M. D.
Mumford and W. A. Owens. Palo Alto, California, CPP Books: 171-196.
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Society For Research in Child Development 56: 787-809.
Hogan, J. B. (1994). Empirical Keying of Background Data Measures. Biodata Handbook. G. S. Stokes, M. D.
Mumford and W. A. Owens. Palo Alto, California, CPP Books: 69-108.
Hogan, R., J. Hogan, et al. (1996). "Personality Measurement and Employment Decisions." American Psychologist
51(5): 469-477.
Holden, R. R. (1993). Response Latency Detection of Fakers on Personnel Tests. Canadian Psychological
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Hough, L. and C. Paullin (1994). Construct-oriented Scale Construction. Biodata Handbook. G. S. Stokes, M. D.
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Personnel Psychology 9: 321-324.
James, S. W., R. R. Reilly, et al. (1993). "Applicant Reactions to Selection Procedures." 46: 49-77.
Kilcullen, R. N., L. A. White, et al. (1993). "Assessing the Construct Validity of Rational Biodata Scales." Military
Psychology 7(1): 17-28.
Kluger, A. N., Reilly, R.R. & Russell, C.J. (1991). "Faking biodata tests: are option-keyed instruments more
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Kluger, A. N. and A. Colella (1993). "Beyond The Mean Bias: The Effect of Warning Against Faking On Biodata
Item Variances." Personnel Psychology 46: 763-861.
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Lautenschlager, G. J. and G. S. Shaffer (1987). "Reexamining the Component Stability of Owen's Biographical
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JOURNAL OF BUSINESS AND Psychology 8(No 2).
Mael, F. A. (1991). "A Conceptual Rationale For The Domain And Attributes Of Biodata Items." Personnel
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Mael, F. A. (1994). If Past Behavior Really Predicts Future, So Should Biodata's. Personnel Selection and
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273-292.
Mael, F. A. and B. E. Ashforth (1995). "Loyal From Day One: Biodata, Organizational Identification, and Turnover
Among Newcomers." 48: 309-333.
Mael, F. A. (1995). Elaboration of a theory-based approach to objective biodata. Orlando, FL, The Society for
Industrial and Organizational Psychologists.
Mael, F. A., Connerley, M. & Morath, R.A. (1996). "None of your business: parameters of biodata invalidness."
Personnel Psychology 49: 613-650.
Mael, F. A., Morath, R.A. & McLellan, J. A. (1997). "Dimensions of adolescent employment." The career
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Maio, G. R., Roese, N.J., Seligman, C. & Katz, A (1996). "Rankings, ratings, and the measurement of values:
evidence for the superior validity of ratings." Basic and Applied Social Psychology 18(2): 171-181.
Mayer, J. D., Carlsmith, K.M., & Chabot, H.F (1998). "Describing the person's external environment:
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McManus, M. A. K., M. L (1999). "Personality measures and biodata: Evidence regarding their incremental
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Melamed, T. (1992). "Use of biodata for predicting academic success over thirty years." Psychological Reports 71:
31-38.
Mitchell, T. W. (1994). The Utility of Biodata. Biodata Handbook. G. S. Stokes, M. D. Mumford and W. A. Owens.
Palo Alto, California, CPP Books: 485-516.
Morrison, R. F. (1994). Biodata Applications in Career Development Research and Practice. Biodata Handbook. G.
S. Stokes, M. D. Mumford and W. A. Owens. Palo Alto, California, CPP Books: 451-484.
Muchinsky, P. M. (1994). The Influence of Life History Experiences on Vocational Interest and Choices. Biodata
Handbook. G. S. Stokes, M. D. Mumford and W. A. Owens. Palo Alto, California, CPP Books: 535-554.
Mumford, M. D., R. Reiter-Palmon, et al. (1994). Background Data and Development: Structural Issue in the
Application of Life History Measures. Biodata Handbook. G. S. Stokes, M. D. Mumford and W. A. Owens. Palo
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Mumford, M. D., A. F. Snell, et al. (1994). Personality and Background Data: Life History and Self-concepts in an
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Mumford, M. D., Costanza, D.P., Connelly, M.S. & Johnson, J.F. (1996). "Item generation procedures and
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Pannone, R. (1994). Blue Collar Selection. Biodata Handbook. G. S. Stokes, M. D. Mumford and W. A. Owens.
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Ployhart, R. E. H., M.D. (1998). "The substantive nature of performance variability: predicting interindividual
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