Over the years, there has been more and more research to test the validity of personnel assessment methods, an area which is far from easy. This book compares traditional practices against new techniques, including social media analytics, wearables, mobile phone logs, and gamification....

"Over the years, there has been more and more research to test the validity of personnel assessment methods, an area which is far from easy. This book compares traditional practices against new techniques, including social media analytics, wearables, mobile phone logs, and gamification....

Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Boxes -- Figures -- Tables -- Prologue and acknowledgements -- Part 1 Methods of personnel selection -- 1 Early, unscientific methods -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Graphology -- 1.2.1 Scientific evidence for graphology -- 1.2.2...

This article attempts a comprehensive and multi‐disciplinary review of a scattered literature on the characteristics of successful investment managers. It considers nonpeer reviewed papers and reports written by organizations and human resource experts but also empirical papers from those in...