P/HR/314. Criticism of traditional approaches to work psychology

The paper addresses the issue of employee selection examining the idea of a ‘person-job fit’ in the context of a newspaper article related to the latest trends within selection. The review touches on the problems of workforce diversity, graduate recruitment, the validity of interviews in predicting employee performance, the barriers to recruitment, etc. The assumptions of ‘person-job fit’ are critically analysed challenging traditional approaches to work psychology.