Most of the research that I conduct falls under one or more of the following categories: (1) pre-employment integrity testing

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Personnel Selection

Personality

Integrity

Social Desirability

Cognitive Ability

Counterproductive Work Behaviors

Job Performance

Managerial Potential

Measurement and Methodology

International and Cross-Cultural Issues

Personnel Selection (<< back to top)

Schmidt, F. L., Ones, D. S., & Hunter, J. E. (1992). Personnel selection. Annual Review of Psychology, 43, 627-670.

Ones, D. S., Viswesvaran, C., & Schmidt, F. L. (1993). Comprehensive meta-analysis of integrity test validities: Findings and implications for personnel selection and theories of job performance. Journal of Applied Psychology, 78, 679-703.

Ones, D. S., & Viswesvaran, C. (1996). Bandwidth-fidelity dilemma in personality measurement for personnel selection. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 17, 609-626.

Ones, D. S., & Viswesvaran, C. (1998). Gender, age, and race differences on overt integrity tests: Results across four large-scale job applicant datasets. Journal of Applied Psychology, 83, 35-42.

Ones, D. S., & Viswesvaran, C. (1998). The effects of social desirability and faking on personality and integrity assessment for personnel selection. Human Performance, 11, 245-269.

Ones, D. S., & Viswesvaran, C. (2001). Integrity tests and other criterion-focused occupational personality scales (COPS) used in personnel selection. International Journal of Selection and Assessment, 9, 31-39.

Ones, D. S., & Viswesvaran, C. (2001). Personality at work: Criterion-focused occupational personality scales used in personnel selection. In B. W. Roberts & R. Hogan (Eds.), Personality psychology in the workplace (pp. 63-92). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Hough, L. M., & Ones, D. S. (2001). The structure, measurement, validity, and use of personality variables in industrial, work, and organizational psychology. In N. Anderson, D. S. Ones, H. K. Sinangil & C. Viswesvaran (Eds.), Handbook of industrial, work and organizational psychology (Vol. 1: Personnel psychology, pp. 233-277). London, UK: Sage.

Ones, D. S., & Viswesvaran, C. (2003). Personality and counterproductive work behaviors. In M. Koslowsky, S. Stashevsky & A. Sagie (Eds.), Misbehavior and dysfunctional attitudes in organizations (pp. 211-249). Hampshire, UK: Palgrave Macmillan.

Ones, D. S., Viswesvaran, C., & Schmidt, F. L. (2003). Personality and absenteeism: A meta-analysis of integrity tests. European Journal of Personality, 17, S19-S38.

Ones, D. S., Viswesvaran, C., & Dilchert, S. (2004). Cognitive ability in selection decisions. In O. Wilhelm & R. W. Engle (Eds.), Handbook of understanding and measuring intelligence (pp. 431-468). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Kuncel, N. R., Hezlett, S. A., & Ones, D. S. (2004). Academic performance, career potential, creativity, and job performance: Can one construct predict them all? Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 86, 148-161.

Ones, D. S., Viswesvaran, C., & Dilchert, S. (in press). Cognitive ability in personnel selection decisions. In A. Evers, O. Voskuijl & N. Anderson (Eds.), Handbook of selection. Oxford, UK: Blackwell.

Ones, D. S., Viswesvaran, C., & Dilchert, S. (in press). Personality at work: Raising awareness and correcting misconceptions. Human Performance.

Ones, D. S., Viswesvaran, C., & Dilchert, S. (in press). Validity of cognitive ability tests in selection: Quantitative summaries of meta-analyses. Multivariate Behavioral Research.

Personality (<< back to top)

Ones, D. S., & Viswesvaran, C. (1996). Bandwidth-fidelity dilemma in personality measurement for personnel selection. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 17, 609-626.

Ones, D. S., Viswesvaran, C., & Reiss, A. D. (1996). Role of social desirability in personality testing for personnel selection: The red herring. Journal of Applied Psychology, 81, 660-679.

Ones, D. S., & Viswesvaran, C. (1998). Gender, age, and race differences on overt integrity tests: Results across four large-scale job applicant datasets. Journal of Applied Psychology, 83, 35-42.

Ones, D. S., & Viswesvaran, C. (1998). The effects of social desirability and faking on personality and integrity assessment for personnel selection. Human Performance, 11, 245-269.

Finger, M. S., & Ones, D. S. (1999). Psychometric equivalence of the computer and booklet forms of the MMPI: A meta-analysis. Psychological Assessment, 11, 58-66.

Rubenzer, S. J., Faschingbauer, T. R., & Ones, D. S. (2000). Assessing the U.S. presidents using the revised NEO Personality Inventory. Assessment, 7, 403-420.

Steel, P., & Ones, D. S. (2002). Personality and happiness: A national-level analysis. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 83, 767-781.

Ones, D. S., Viswesvaran, C., & Schmidt, F. L. (2003). Personality and absenteeism: A meta-analysis of integrity tests. European Journal of Personality, 17, S19-S38.

Ones, D. S., Viswesvaran, C., & Dilchert, S. (in press). Personality at work: Raising awareness and correcting misconceptions. Human Performance.

Integrity (<< back to top)

Ones, D. S., & Viswesvaran, C. (1998). Gender, age, and race differences on overt integrity tests: Results across four large-scale job applicant datasets. Journal of Applied Psychology, 83, 35-42.

Ones, D. S., Viswesvaran, C., & Schmidt, F. L. (2003). Personality and absenteeism: A meta-analysis of integrity tests. European Journal of Personality, 17, S19-S38.

Wanek, J. E., Sackett, P. R., & Ones, D. S. (2003). Towards an understanding of integrity test similarities and differences: An item-level analysis of seven tests. Personnel Psychology, 56, 873-894.

Ones, D. S., Viswesvaran, C., Schmidt, F. L., & Lykken, D. (1996). Controversies in integrity testing: Two viewpoints. Journal of Business and Psychology, 10, 487-501.

Social Desirability (<< back to top)

Ones, D. S., Viswesvaran, C., & Reiss, A. D. (1996). Role of social desirability in personality testing for personnel selection: The red herring. Journal of Applied Psychology, 81, 660-679.

Ones, D. S., & Viswesvaran, C. (1998). The effects of social desirability and faking on personality and integrity assessment for personnel selection. Human Performance, 11, 245-269.

Viswesvaran, C., & Ones, D. S. (1999). Meta-analyses of fakability estimates: Implications for personality measurement. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 59, 197-210.

Viswesvaran, C., Ones, D. S., & Hough, L. M. (2001). Do impression management scales in personality inventories predict managerial job performance ratings? International Journal of Selection and Assessment, 9, 277-289.

Cognitive Ability (<< back to top)

Kuncel, N. R., Hezlett, S. A., & Ones, D. S. (2001). A comprehensive meta-analysis of the predictive validity of the Graduate Record Examinations: Implications for graduate student selection and performance. Psychological Bulletin, 127, 162-181.

Kuncel, N. R., Campbell, J. P., & Ones, D. S. (1998). Validity of the Graduate Record Examination: Estimated or tacitly known? American Psychologist, 53, 567-568.

Ones, D. S., Viswesvaran, C., & Dilchert, S. (in press). Validity of cognitive ability tests in selection: Quantitative summaries of meta-analyses. Multivariate Behavioral Research.

Counterproductive Work Behaviors (<< back to top)

Ones, D. S., Viswesvaran, C., & Schmidt, F. L. (2003). Personality and absenteeism: A meta-analysis of integrity tests. European Journal of Personality, 17, S19-S38.

Job Performance (<< back to top)

Viswesvaran, C., Schmidt, F. L., & Ones, D. S. (2005). Is there a general factor in ratings of job performance? A meta-analytic framework for disentangling substantive and error influences. Journal of Applied Psychology, 90, 108-131.

Viswesvaran, C., Ones, D. S., & Schmidt, F. L. (1996). Comparative analysis of the reliability of job performance ratings. Journal of Applied Psychology, 81, 557-574.

Viswesvaran, C., & Ones, D. S. (2000). Perspectives on models of job performance. International Journal of Selection and Assessment, 8, 216-226.

Viswesvaran, C., Schmidt, F. L., & Ones, D. S. (2002). The moderating influence of job performance dimensions on convergence of supervisory and peer ratings of job performance: Unconfounding construct-level convergence and rating difficulty. Journal of Applied Psychology, 87, 345-354.

Managerial Potential (<< back to top)

Rubenzer, S. J., Faschingbauer, T. R., & Ones, D. S. (2000). Assessing the U.S. presidents using the revised NEO Personality Inventory. Assessment, 7, 403-420.

Ones, D. S., Rubenzer, S. J., & Faschingbauer, T. R. (2004). Predicting presidential success. In S. J. Rubenzer & T. R. Faschingbauer (Eds.), Personality, character and leadership in the White House (pp. 38-59). Washington, DC: Brassey's.

Rubenzer, S. J., Faschingbauer, T. R., & Ones, D. S. (2002). Assessments of America's chief executives: Insights from biographers and objective personality measures. In O. Feldman & L. Valenty (Eds.), Political leadership for the new century: Personality and behavior among American leaders (pp. 105-134). Westport, CT: Praeger.

Measurement and Methodology (<< back to top)

Viswesvaran, C., & Ones, D. S. (1995). Theory testing: Combining psychometric meta-analysis and structural equations modeling. Personnel Psychology, 48, 865-885.

Ones, D. S., & Viswesvaran, C. (2003). Job-specific applicant pools and national norms for personality scales: Implications for range-restriction corrections in validation research. Journal of Applied Psychology, 88, 570-577.

Viswesvaran, C., & Ones, D. S. (2000). Measurement error in Big Five factors personality assessment: Reliability generalization across studies and measures. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 60, 224-235.

International and Cross-Cultural Issues (<< back to top)

Sinangil, H. K., & Ones, D. S. (2001). Expatriate management. In N. Anderson, D. S. Ones, H. Kepir Sinangil & C. Viswesvaran (Eds.), Handbook of industrial, work and organizational psychology (Vol. 1: Personnel psychology, pp. 424-443). London, UK: Sage.

Ones, D. S., & Viswesvaran, C. (1997). Personality determinants in the prediction of aspects of expatriate job success. In Z. Aycan (Ed.), Expatriate management: Theory and research (pp. 63-92). London, UK: JAI Press.

Sinangil, H. K., & Ones, D. S. (1997). Empirical investigations of the host country perspective in expatriate management. In Z. Aycan (Ed.), Expatriate management: Theory and research (pp. 173-205). London, UK: JAI Press.

Sinangil, H. K., & Ones, D. S. (2003). Gender differences in expatriate job performance. Applied Psychology: An International Review, 52, 461-475.

Ones, D. S., & Viswesvaran, C. (1999). Relative importance of personality dimensions for expatriate selection: A policy capturing study. Human Performance, 12, 275-294.