ARE FUNDAMENTAL JOB REQUIREMENTS NEGLECTED IN SELECTION SYSTEMS

The authors hypothesized that there is a tendency to neglect fundament al job requirements such as those related to attendance, substance abu se, theft, safety, and violence when evaluating job applicants. Based on a survey of professional secretaries (n = 52), fundamental requirem ents that were considered just as important as task-focused requiremen ts (e.g., grammatical skills, typing skills, spelling ability) were le ss likely to be assessed using either non-scientific or scientific sel ection procedures.