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Synthetic Oil Is Better for Whom?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 January 2015

Lewis Hollweg*
Affiliation:
Batrus Hollweg International
*
E-mail: [email protected], Address: Batrus Hollweg International, 1820 Preston Park Blvd., Suite 2900, Plano, TX 75093

Extract

After reviewing the article by Johnson et al. (2010), I began to ask myself and other industrial and organizational (I-O) psychologists what interest groups might be impacted by a Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP)-sponsored synthetic validity database and its resulting mechanical behavior and performance predictions. Who are the various stakeholders and what might be the positive or negative outcomes caused by this “disruptive technology” that could cause “creative destruction” in the I-O psychology profession? Among the consumers and producers of performance prediction, who might gain and who might be creatively destroyed? From these questions and the subsequent conversations, I identified the following categories and possibilities, but I am sure there are others that I have not anticipated.

Type
Commentaries
Copyright
Copyright © Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology 2010 

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References

Johnson, J. W., Steel, P., Scherbaum, C. A., Hoffman, C. C., Jeanneret, P. R., & Foster, J. (2010). Validation is like motor oil: Synthetic is better. Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Perspectives on Science and Practice, 3, 305328.Google Scholar