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Employee Selection: A Procedural and Legal Guide

Author(s): Lawrence Kleiman

Edition: 1

Copyright: 2012

Pages: 246

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Filling a huge void in the undergraduate business textbook market, Employee Selection: A Procedural and Legal Guide addresses the educational needs of management students who are enrolled in an Employee Staffing/Selection course. Employee Selection covers the topics that business students find valuable in helping them perform their future jobs as HR professionals, entrepreneurs, and business managers.  

Employee Selection: A Procedural and Legal Guide: 

  • Is written at an applied level that is based on findings from scientific research literature
  • Is intended for undergraduate courses, but can be used in MBA programs with an applied emphasis.
  • Is written by an active educator and practicing consultant for business managers.
  • Features a strong emphasis on the legal aspects of selection, including a dedicated chapter devoted to employment discrimination laws
  • Describes the technical concepts in a manner that can be understood by students lacking prerequisite courses in statistics and psychometrics.
Chapter 1 Selecting the Best Employees: A Formidable Challenge
Chapter 2 Understanding Anti-Discrimination Laws Regulating Employee Selection
Chapter 3 Creating a Strong Applicant Pool
Chapter 4 Prescreening Applicants
Chapter 5 Interviewing Job Applicants
Chapter 6 Using Employment Tests
Chapter 7 Completing the Selection Process
Lawrence Kleiman
Lawrence S. Kleiman is a professor of management at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania. He received his doctorate in industrial/organizational psychology from the University of Tennessee. He has more than 30 years of teaching experience. He has also consulted for numerous organizations. Dr. Kleiman has published dozens of articles in a variety of human resource topics and has written a textbook, now in its fifth edition, entitled Human Resource Management: A Managerial Tool for Competitive Advantage.

New Publication Now Available!

Filling a huge void in the undergraduate business textbook market, Employee Selection: A Procedural and Legal Guide addresses the educational needs of management students who are enrolled in an Employee Staffing/Selection course. Employee Selection covers the topics that business students find valuable in helping them perform their future jobs as HR professionals, entrepreneurs, and business managers.  

Employee Selection: A Procedural and Legal Guide: 

  • Is written at an applied level that is based on findings from scientific research literature
  • Is intended for undergraduate courses, but can be used in MBA programs with an applied emphasis.
  • Is written by an active educator and practicing consultant for business managers.
  • Features a strong emphasis on the legal aspects of selection, including a dedicated chapter devoted to employment discrimination laws
  • Describes the technical concepts in a manner that can be understood by students lacking prerequisite courses in statistics and psychometrics.

Chapter 1 Selecting the Best Employees: A Formidable Challenge
Chapter 2 Understanding Anti-Discrimination Laws Regulating Employee Selection
Chapter 3 Creating a Strong Applicant Pool
Chapter 4 Prescreening Applicants
Chapter 5 Interviewing Job Applicants
Chapter 6 Using Employment Tests
Chapter 7 Completing the Selection Process

Lawrence Kleiman
Lawrence S. Kleiman is a professor of management at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania. He received his doctorate in industrial/organizational psychology from the University of Tennessee. He has more than 30 years of teaching experience. He has also consulted for numerous organizations. Dr. Kleiman has published dozens of articles in a variety of human resource topics and has written a textbook, now in its fifth edition, entitled Human Resource Management: A Managerial Tool for Competitive Advantage.