Differential Prediction of Immigrant Versus Majority Group Training Performance Using Cognitive Ability and Personality Measures
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There are very few studies of the differential prediction of work and training performance for immigrant groups in the Netherlands. Scores on the General Aptitude Test Battery, an intelligence test, and the Amsterdamse Biografische Vragenlijst (ABV), a frequently used Dutch personality test, and training data for 78 immigrant and 78 Dutch trainee truck drivers were collected. Lautenschlager and Mendoza’s (1986) method of step‐down hierarchical regression analysis was used to check for bias in the prediction of training results. Some predictor‐criterion combinations showed differential prediction, especially with less cognitive and less objective criteria. The results with respect to the intelligence test appear to be in line with the findings of the US literature.
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Some have found modest support for underprediction of Black training performance.
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- Authors
- Te Nijenhuis, J., & Van Der Flier, H.
- Venue
- International Journal of Selection and Assessment
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2000-06
- Volume
- 8
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 54-60
- ISSN
- 0965-075X (ISSN-L)
- 1468-2389
- OpenAlex
- W1989789516
- Cited by
- 22
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2025: 2 · 2019: 1 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 1 · 2014: 1 · 2012: 2
- FWCI
- 1.62
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- research.vu.nl
- Licence
- Locations
- International Journal of Selection and Assessment (publishedVersion)
- VU Research Portal (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Cognitive Abilities and Testing
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Management Science and Operations Research › Psychometric Methodologies and Testing
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Medical Education and Admissions
- Keywords
- training performance prediction, differential prediction, cognitive ability, personality measures, intelligence testing, General Aptitude Test Battery, truck drivers, selection bias, job performance prediction
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