RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION

Attracting Candidates and Screening Applications in the Organization Attracting Candidates Person–organization fit and person–job fit are established predictors of performance (Goodman and Svyantek 1999). Person–organization fit is described how well a person’s perceptions of the values held by a company map on to the values that the person holds themselves (Cable and Judge 1996). Person–job fit is refers to the match between a person’s abilities and personality, and a job’s demands and what it offers (Edwards 1991). A range of factors will be influenced by the candidates, including the real value of a job to their career and assume that how successful they would be in getting a job by cultural norms, previous experiences, and other personal beliefs and interests (Eccles 2005). A pool of applicants who are both attractive to the organizations and attracted to the organization. Companies invest large amounts of time and money to attract applications to their vacant positions (Freeman, ...

Learning and Development   Learning Kim (1993) has defined this as a process of ‘increasing one’s capacity to take action’. According to the Reynolds et al (2002), learning is the process to gain new knowledge, skills and capabilities. The two most familiar classifications of learning styles are produced by Kolb and Honey and Mumford (Armstrong,2006).   Figure 1.0: The Experiential Learning Cycle   Source: Kolb,2015 According to Kolb there are 4 steps to identify the process (Armstrong,2006) . Concrete experience – can be immediately or well planned Reflective observation –actively thinking about the experience and its significance Abstract conceptualization –experience in order to develop ideas which can be applied when similar situations are encountered Active experimentation – testing the concepts or ideas in new situations. This gives rise to a new concrete experience and the cycle begins again. According to Watkins and Marsick (1993), leaning segregate by info...

Employee Evaluation in the Organization   Employee evaluation measure the performance of employees (performance appraisal) as a basis for making decisions on job re-assignment, promotion or performance-related reward (Armstrong and Taylor ,2014). Performance appraisal (PA) is a formal system of review and evaluation of individual or team task performance. A critical point in the definition is the word formal, because in actuality, managers should be reviewing an individual’s performance on a continuing basis (Eisalou,2014). In the organizational context, performance is usually defined as the extent to which an organizational member contributes to achieving the goals of the organization (Islam & Rasad,2006). The future competitiveness and the performance of an organization is affected by the employee evaluation and selection system (Golec & Kahya,2007). Usually, an employee evaluation system is widely used for administrating wages and salaries, giving performance feedback, ...