NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS: PARAMETERS OF BIODATA INVASIVENESS

• Published in: Personnel psychology Vol. 49; no. 3; pp. 613 - 650
• Main Authors: MAEL, FRED A., CONNERLEY, MARY, MORATH, RAY A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.09.1996; Personnel Psychology, Inc
• Subjects: Beliefs; Cognitive Ability; Family Characteristics; Individual Differences; Invasion of privacy; Perceptions; Privacy; Psychological aspects; Psychologists; Society; Studies; Work Sample Tests; United States > US

In this research, biodata items were evaluated for their perceived invasiveness by over 200 professionals (psychologists and social scientists), as well as three samples of nonprofessionals. In addition to item subject matter, perceived invasiveness of items was related to various biodata attributes...