Abstract

ALONSO, Pamela; MOSCOSO, Silvia  and  SALGADO, Jesús F.. Structured behavioral interview as a legal guarantee for ensuring equal employment opportunities for women: A meta-analysis. The European Journal of Psychology Applied to Legal Context [online]. 2017, vol.9, n.1, pp.15-23. ISSN 1989-4007.  https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejpal.2016.03.002.

Equal employment opportunities for women are a legal requirement in many legal environments, including the United States (US) and European Union (EU) legislations. In this context, indirect discrimination in the access to jobs is an illegal practice. For this reason, personnel selection procedures must be fair for protected-by-law groups. Specifically, gender discrimination is the focus of research on employment interviews. This article presents a meta-analysis of gender differences in the scores in structured behavioral interviews (SBI). A database was created consisting of studies conducted with real candidates and employees. Psychometric meta-analysis methods were applied. The results showed that the SBI is fair for women and men and does not show evidence of adverse impact and indirect discrimination. Implications for the practice of personnel selection are discussed and future research is suggested.

Keywords : Legal environment; Personnel selection; Behavioral interview; Meta-analysis; Adverse impact; Equal employment opportunities; Indirect discrimination.

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