Paul Sackett
Psychology

     One recurring theme in my work is the tension between designing selection systems to maximize job performance vs. to maximize ethnic, racial, and gender diversity. The current controversies over the future of affirmative action attest to the prominence of this concern. Two American Psychologist articles (1994, with Wilk, and 2001, with Schmitt, Ellingson, and Kabin) are major integrative research reviews and summaries of legal, psychometric, and philosophical perspectives on the issue.

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