Do "lie scales" measure lying? Evaluating applicant honesty on social desirability scales

Aim: Between 30-50% of job applicants are thought to ‘fake’ on personality measures, representing a challenge to the validity of these assessments by practitioners in the selection process (Griffith, Chmielowski, & Yoshita, 2007). Social desirability (SD) scales, sometimes known as ‘lie scales’,...

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Main Authors: Hughes, Angus, Holtrop, Djurre, Dunlop, Patrick, Steedman, Grace, Chan, Joan
Format: Conference Paper
Published: 2019
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/76543