Exploring the efficacy of applying personality assessment tools at the recruitment stage to achieve personality job fit in Iranian manufacturing organisations
Shaygan, Zahra (2023) Exploring the efficacy of applying personality assessment tools at the recruitment stage to achieve personality job fit in Iranian manufacturing organisations. Doctoral thesis, Birmingham City University.
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Abstract
The purpose of this thesis is to explore the efficacy of applying personality assessment tools at the recruitment stage to achieve personality job fit in Iranian manufacturing organisations. To reach this purpose, multi-concept approach research was used to find an explanation for the questions being studied. This approach involves the search in Human Resource Management, recruitment strategies, occupational psychology, and cross-cultural differences topics.
The topic of personality assessment tools has been studied by researchers for many years, however, it is still a new concept and sometimes unfamiliar to some Iranian organisations. Since applying personality assessment tools at the recruitment stage is generally one of the tasks of human resource departments, it was necessary to study the topic of HRM in Iran before examining the concept of personality assessment tools. Also, as the literature could not identify the knowledge related to research objectives, the combination of exploratory interviewing and grounded theory was considered as an appropriate strategy for this research. This empirical study scrutinised HRM conditions in the Iranian manufacturing sector by conducting 28 semi-structured face-to-face interviews and observations of HR departments and HR people.
The empirical study of this research which could identify the lack of HRM knowledge in Iran’s manufacturing sector has created a clear and scientific perspective for both the educational and manufacturing sectors in Iran. In this way, the research explored how the use of what is commonly accepted to be scientific practice can facilitate the employment working process and how the adaptation and cooperation of academic knowledge with industry will produce up-to-date and practical knowledge for job seekers. The primary data collected from participants identified the points of view of the Iranian HR managers, both those who applied and those who intended to apply personality assessment tools to achieve personality job fit in the recruitment process.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Doctoral) | ||||||
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | HRM; Personality Job Fit; Personality Assessment Tools in Recruitment; Recruitment in Iran; Iran Manufacturing Sector; Personality Test in Iran’s Recruitment System; Iran Culture; Iran Recruitment Strategy; Occupational Psychology; Iran HRM Strategy; Iran History | ||||||
| Subjects: | CAH17 - business and management > CAH17-01 - business and management > CAH17-01-01 - business and management (non-specific) CAH17 - business and management > CAH17-01 - business and management > CAH17-01-05 - human resource management |
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| Divisions: | Doctoral Research College > Doctoral Theses Collection Faculty of Business, Law and Social Sciences > Birmingham City Business School |
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| Depositing User: | Jaycie Carter | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 09 Jun 2023 09:23 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 09 Jun 2023 09:23 | ||||||
| URI: | https://www.open-access.bcu.ac.uk/id/eprint/14451 |
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