FURTHER-STUDIES OF THE LOW-FIDELITY SIMULATION IN THE FORM OF A SITUATIONAL INVENTORY

This article reports two studies that extend results of Motowidlo, Dun nette & Carter (1990) by providing further evidence about relations be tween situational inventory scores, job performance, and demographic f actors. Study 1 found an average predictive validity of .25 against su pervisory performance ratings in a sample of 36 management applicants from one telecommunications company. Study 2 found an average concurre nt validity of .20, again against supervisory performance ratings, in a sample of 109 to 128 marketing incumbents from four telecommunicatio ns companies. Combined with results reported earlier, these results yi eld an overall validity estimate of .26, with race and sex differences estimated at less than a third of a standard deviation, and confirm t he potential usefulness of the low-fidelity simulation in the form of a situational inventory for employee selection.