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Doing It All At Once: Multitasking as a predictor of call center agents' performance and performance-based dismissal


Autorenlistevan der Horst, Anna C.; Klehe, Ute-Christine; van Leeuwen, Liesbeth

Jahr der Veröffentlichung2012

Seiten434-441

ZeitschriftInternational Journal of Selection and Assessment

Bandnummer20

Heftnummer4

ISSN0965-075X

eISSN1468-2389

Open Access StatusBronze

DOI Linkhttps://doi.org/10.1111/ijsa.12006

VerlagWiley


Abstract
Multitasking has become an important skill in many jobs. Still, the predictive validity of job-applicants multitasking abilities has rarely been tested empirically. The current study focuses on the multitasking ability of call center applicants. Results from a Dutch call center show that applicants multitasking ability as assessed during personnel selection indeed predicts their later job performance as call center agents as well as their likelihood of losing their job for poor performance. While some of these relationships could be explained via applicants fluid intelligence, results also support the usefulness of including measures of multitasking ability in the current selection procedure.



Zitierstile

Harvard-Zitierstilvan der Horst, A., Klehe, U. and van Leeuwen, L. (2012) Doing It All At Once: Multitasking as a predictor of call center agents' performance and performance-based dismissal, International Journal of Selection and Assessment, 20(4), pp. 434-441. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijsa.12006

APA-Zitierstilvan der Horst, A., Klehe, U., & van Leeuwen, L. (2012). Doing It All At Once: Multitasking as a predictor of call center agents' performance and performance-based dismissal. International Journal of Selection and Assessment. 20(4), 434-441. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijsa.12006



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COGNITIVE-PROCESSESCOMPETING TASKSJOB-PERFORMANCETASK PERFORMANCE


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