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Assessment Council News

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The ACN is IPAC's official newsletter. It serves as a source of information about significant activities of the council, a medium for member dialogue and information exchange, a method for the dissemination of research findings and a forum for the publication of letters and articles of general interest.

In the Current Issue

The June 2010 Assessment Council News is currently available for IPAC members only. Among the highlights from this issue:

The Five-Factor Model of Personality and Job Performance in East Asia: A Cross-Cultural Validity Generalization Study
by In-Sue Oh, Virginia Commonwealth University

Despite the significant role of personality in the field of personnel selection, our current knowledge is limited to Euro-America. To fill this gap, I estimate the operational validity of the Five-Factor Model (FFM) of personality traits in East Asia via meta-analysis. The results show that Extraversion and Conscientiousness were found to be most valid in East Asia, whereas Conscientiousness and Emotional Stability were the two most valid FFM traits in Euro-America. The importance of Extraversion for job performance reflects the more critical role of social/relationship skills (e.g., guanxi, inhwa, wa) in career success in East Asia than in Euro-America.

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EEO Litigation Metrics: What the Numbers Really Mean
by Richard Tonowski, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)

It is common knowledge that EEO charges have skyrocketed. However, what are the trends for actual litigation in court? What does the data say?

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Summary of Recent Listserv Discussion Thread

The IPAC-List has been quite active over the past few months. Recently, there was an interesting discussion thread on the listserv about differential sex norms on physical ability tests. The discussion thread involved different individuals, including Elizabeth Reed and Winfred Arthur. The following is a thoughtful summation of the discussion by Elizabeth Reed, Columbus Civil Service Commission.

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