NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE USE OF MEASURES OF HONESTY, INTEGRITY, CONSCIENTIOUSNESS, DEPENDABILITY, TRUSTWORTHINESS, AND RELIABILITY FOR PERSONNEL-SELECTION

This paper is the fourth in a series of reviews of the use of measures of honesty, integrity, conscientiousness, dependability, trustworthin ess, and reliability for personnel selection (see Sackett & Decker, 19 79; Sackett & Harris, 1984; Sackett, Burris, & Callahan, 1989). New de velopments reviewed include an examination of professional and congres sional inquiry into this area of testing, rapid growth of the validity data base, new insight into similarities and differences between diff erent tests, and links to the Big Five personality dimensions. Inquiri es into relationships with other constructs, including cognitive abili ty, moral reasoning, and social desirability are reviewed, as are appl icant reactions to these tests. The effects of the Civil Rights Act of 1991 and the Americans with Disabilities Act are considered.