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Employment selection procedures in settings that have historically employed a defined segment of the population are being scrutinized by both personnel administrators and industry applicants. The general level of knowledge, sensitivity, and action concerning equal employment selection procedures has increased significantly as employers make special efforts to hire persons, primarily minorities and women, who were previously excluded from full participation in the labor force. The principles of merit employment and fair employment are identical when merit decisions are valid: the goal is to establish personnel selection criteria that are neither arbitrary nor unrelated to actual job requirements. The importance of such criteria to potential employees cannot be overlooked: selection of employees who can perform the work required safely and successfully minimizes the chances of failure, low motivation, and job dissatisfaction, or subsequent dismissal. The employer, naturally, wishes to maximize the chances that employees will be able to perform the work effectively.
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Hogan, J.C. (1980). The State of the Art of Strength Testing. In: Walsh, D.C., Egdahl, R.H. (eds) Women, Work, and Health: Challenges to Corporate Policy. Industry and Health Care, vol 8. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-8077-1_3
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