A set of articles addressing the “Diversity-Validity Dilemma” was recently published in Personnel Psychology (see Spring Issue, Vol. 61). The articles summarize recent research and best practice designed to help organizations simultaneously enhance diversity, validity, and legal compliance in staffing.
Polyhart and Holtz present a number of selection strategies hypothesized to minimize group differences and compare and contrast their effectiveness.
Kravitz discusses the use of affirmative action to enhance representation of underrepresented groups. He cautions against the use of preferential forms and recommending nonpreferential approaches. Examples of strategies that are “most common or most likely to be effective” for increasing representation are also presented.
Pyburn, Polyhart, and Kravitz, provide an overview of the legal context that motivates and constrains the approaches discussed in the previous articles. They also summarize some key court decisions related to affirmative action preferences in the employment context.
The journal issue containing these articles is currently being promoted as a free sample. While this promotion period lasts, the articles are available for free at http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/toc/peps/61/1.
The Validity-Diversity Dilemma
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