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Article: MEASURING JOB INTERVIEW ANXIETY: BEYOND WEAK KNEES AND SWEATY PALMS
- Article from:
- Personnel Psychology
- Article date:
- October 1, 2004
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CopyrightCopyright Personnel Psychology, Inc. Autumn 2004. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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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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