Article: MEASURING JOB INTERVIEW ANXIETY: BEYOND WEAK KNEES AND SWEATY PALMS

A multidimensional measure of interview anxiety, called the Measure of Anxiety in Selection Interviews (MASI), was developed using a student sample (N = 212) and tested using a sample of job applicants in a field setting (N = 276). The MASI goes beyond the measurement of "weak knees" and "sweaty palms" by providing an assessment of 5 interview anxiety dimensions: Communication, Appearance, Social, Performance, and Behavioral. The psychometric properties of the scales were strong and confirmatory factor analyses supported the a priori structure. In addition, substantial evidence for the concurrent, discriminant, criterionrelated, and incremental validity of the MASI was obtained. Moreover, a ...

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