Challenging the Myths of Fair Employment Practices

Subjects:

• Business » Human Resources/Personnel Management
• Law » Business Law
• Law » Labor Law
• Business » Organizational Behavior

Reviews:

• This tightly written book is a concise, coherent, and authoritative treatise of fair employment practices and their bases in law.... Challenging the Myths of Fair Employment Practices is a scholarly tour de force which does not detract one whit from its value to and benefits for practitioners, human resources managers, policy connoiseurs and legislative staffs at all levels of governmental bureaucracies.
  —Contemporary Psychology
• Challenging the Myths of Fair Employment Practices is a non-technical resource for human-resource professionals on non-discriminatory testing and selection procedures....Equal -employment-opportunity and affirmative-action officers and organizational attorneys who may be called upon to develop or validate selection and promotion procedures or answer legal complaints and suits will find this a helpful text and "guide to the guidelines".
  —The Diversity Factor
• Challenging the Myths of Fair Employment Practices will be a valuable addition to the reference shelves of attorneys, human resource managers, and assessment reform advocates. Written by industrial psychologist Richard Barrett, the book clearly explains many current testing controversies in nonpsychometric terms....This book will be a useful tool for everyone working to tear down these barriers to equal employment opportunity.
  —Fair Test Examiner
• Challenging the Myths of Fair Employment Practices is a scholarly tour deforce which does not detract one whit from its value to and benefits for practitioners, human resources managers, policy wonks, and litigators. The book is as useful for doctoral students as it is for policy connoisseurs and legislative staffs at all levels of govermental bureaucracies....If I were organizing a conference on this subject, Barrett would be my choice as the keynot speaker, and if I were engaged in fair employment practices litigation, I would move heaven and earth to make sure that he was on my team.
  —Comtemporary Psychology APA Review of Books

• Endorsement From Raymond A. Katzell
  Professor Emeritus of Psychology
  New York University: In this book, Richard Barrett shares his extensive knowledge of the subject of fair employment. By keeping relatively free of technical jargon and avoiding arcane advanced topics, Dr. Barrett strives to make that complex subject accessible to a wide range of professionals, including lawyers, psychologists, and human resource professionals. Experts in one or another of the fields covered may not agree with all of Dr. Barrett's assertions or interpretations within their specialties, but even they will at minimum be stimulated to give them further careful thought. In short, the book should prove useful to the many scholars and practitioners whose professions pose issues of fair employment, which is the worthy goal Dr. Barrett set out to attain.
• Endorsement From Donald J. Schwartz, Ph.D.: [Barrett's] latest book...is a concise, easily understandable explanation of the misconceptions and confusion that have arisen which have hampered both the attainment of employment opportunities for disadvantaged individuals and the maintenance of an effective work force in a fair and nondiscriminatory environment. I would highly recommend Dr. Barrett's book as a valuable addition to anyone's professional collection.

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Law and Regulations
• Test Objectives and Job Analysis
• Non-Cognitive Selection Procedures
• Cognitive Tests
• Multiple-Choice Tests
• Job Relatedness
• Content Validity
• Content Validation Form II
• Criterion-Related Validity Generalization
• Construct Validity and Validity Generalization
• Intentional Discrimination
• Adverse Impact
• Reducing Adverse Impact
• Statistics
• Ethical and Legal Considerations
• Licensing and Certifying Examinations
• Americans with Disabilities Act and Age Discrimination in Employment Act
• Implications
• Appendix 1: Role of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
• Appendix 2: Content Validation Form II
• Appendix 3: The Rights and Responsibilities of Test-Takers
• Bibliography
• Index