Research Library

This paper reviews the existing literature on employability and highlights the difference between what researchers think determines employee potential and what employers actually look for.

This study is the first to empirically assess the value of discretion in hiring. The results were consistently worse job outcomes where managers exercised more discretion.

This study examines the “illusion of validity”—the confidence humans have that we make accurate judgments even though the data proves we don’t.

This study examines the implicit beliefs that keep organizations from adopting tools to help them make hiring decisions—aids like tests, personality assessments, and other performance predictors.