Defining integrity: An approach and military applicationShow others and affiliations
2022 (English)In: Military Psychology, ISSN 0899-5605, E-ISSN 1532-7876, Vol. 34, no 5, p. 591-603Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Personnel selection research has seen an increasing interest in integrity tests. Although these tests have been found to predict a variety of workplace criteria, a long-standing criticism of integrity tests is their criterion-focussed nature. A construct-oriented approach to integrity test development involves identifying important elements of integrity and developing content to reflect those elements. Drawing upon earlier attempts to define integrity, this paper conceptualizes integrity as a behavior, and elaborates on two definitional elements, nature of standards and their referent. Undertaking a content analysis of the high-level codes of conduct of 13 military nations, this paper illustrates the application of an approach to defining integrity for use in the military context. It includes a discussion on the operationalization of integrity for assessment purposes, highlighting considerations that must be given to all aspects of the assessment development process.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2022. Vol. 34, no 5, p. 591-603
Keywords [en]
integrity, assessment, personnel selection, military
National Category
Other Social Sciences not elsewhere specified
Research subject
Leadership and Command & Control
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:fhs:diva-10761DOI: 10.1080/08995605.2021.2024113ISI: 000762625300001OAI: oai:DiVA.org:fhs-10761DiVA, id: diva2:1644998
2022-03-152022-03-152022-08-29Bibliographically approved