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Job Analysis1
Job Analysis1
Job Analysis1
Definition
- process used to gather
information about a job in order
to determine the duties and
nature of that job as well as the
appropriate KSAs related to the
job.
General Types
Task
Oriented
Person
Oriented
Outcomes
Job description
Job specification
Uses
Staffing activities
Training
Why interest?
Produces
Employee Specifications
Translated Into
Work-Related Information
Job Tasks, Duties, Work
Behaviors, Critical Incidents, etc.
Predictors
Translated Into
Human Attributes
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and
Other-Employee Characteristics
Inferential Leap
(1)
Selection Instruments
Tests, Employment Interviews,
Application Blanks, etc.
Inferential Leap
(2)
Criteria
Valid?
Translated Into
Employee Performance Measures
Performance Appraisals,
Productivity Assessments, etc.
Inferential Leap
(3)
Inferential Leap
(4)
C. Diary logs
Keep track of critical incidents
1. The PAQ
Readily acceptable?
Occupational versatility?
Standardization?
User/respondent acceptability?
Training requirements?
Reliability?
Cost?
Sources of Error
Inadequate sampling
Response set
Analyst inexperience