Rusch, Felix (2024) Comparing Applicants’ Attitudes towards Game-Based Assessments and Traditional Pen-and-Paper Assessments. Bachelor thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
Game-based assessments (GBAs) are a relatively new method to select well-suited applicants for a job position and are thought to be more time- and cost-efficient for the organizations employing them. Prior research suggests that GBAs improve applicants’ reactions towards the selection procedure, and by extension towards the organization compared to traditional pen-and-paper assessments. This study investigated the relationship between perceived predictive validity and organizational attractiveness in the context of GBAs. It was also examined how the relationship was mediated by perceived fairness. We assigned 338 participants to complete either a task of cognitive flexibility, namely the Wisconsin Card Sorting Task (WCST), or a gamified version of it, the Gamified Set-Shifting Task (GSST) and compared the two conditions. Contrary to most of the research in the field, results suggested that participants appraised the WCST as fairer and evaluated organizations as more attractive compared to the GSST condition. A discussion of the results and practical implications as well as avenues for future research is provided at the end.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
|---|---|
| Supervisor name: | Adams, S.P. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | None [Bachelor Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 22 Feb 2024 09:51 |
| Last Modified: | 22 Feb 2024 09:51 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/3146 |
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