Investigating the predictive power of personality testing: Conducting in-depth research to improve a personality assessment tool

In the current socio-economic context, many companies, including Optimum Talent Inc., have begun using personality assessment tools to identify candidates and employees with high potential. Optimum Talent Inc.’s recent acquisition, the Pathfinder personality assessment tool, appears to be able to predict job performance with close to three time more precision than other personality measures. The goal of this research project will be to further validate the scientific merits of the tool, by first reviewing thoroughly the benchmarks created and used by the Pathfinder to predict job performance, and by designing a scientifically-based procedure to systematically assess its precision in predicting future performance of employees and candidates. From this perspective, the proposed research project should contribute to the tool’s improvement, in terms of the validity and credibility of its predictive power, and this should, in the long run, benefit the company’s distribution and marketing strategy for the tool.

Faculty Supervisor:

Jacques Forest

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Partner:

Optimum Talent Inc

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Université du Québec à Montréal

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