{"title":"The Effect of Interviewer Job Expertise and Risk-Related Traits on Opportunity to Fake","authors":"Jordan L. Ho, Simonne J. Mastrella, D. Powell","doi":"10.1027/1866-5888/a000346","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Abstract: Job applicants may fake in interviews for numerous reasons. One of these reasons could be that applicants may see greater opportunity and motivation to fake when interviewers have lower job-relevant expertise, as there is a lower risk of having their faking detected. We conducted two experiments to test this proposition by manipulating the job expertise of interviewers. Using reinforcement sensitivity theory, we also examined risk-related traits as antecedents of opportunity and motivation to fake. Study One, a vignette experiment, and Study Two, an experiment that used mock interviews, suggested that interviewer job expertise did not affect opportunity and motivation to fake. Across both studies, a few risk-related traits were related to these outcomes.","PeriodicalId":46765,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Personnel Psychology","volume":"92 17","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2000,"publicationDate":"2023-12-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Personnel Psychology","FirstCategoryId":"102","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1027/1866-5888/a000346","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"PSYCHOLOGY, APPLIED","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract: Job applicants may fake in interviews for numerous reasons. One of these reasons could be that applicants may see greater opportunity and motivation to fake when interviewers have lower job-relevant expertise, as there is a lower risk of having their faking detected. We conducted two experiments to test this proposition by manipulating the job expertise of interviewers. Using reinforcement sensitivity theory, we also examined risk-related traits as antecedents of opportunity and motivation to fake. Study One, a vignette experiment, and Study Two, an experiment that used mock interviews, suggested that interviewer job expertise did not affect opportunity and motivation to fake. Across both studies, a few risk-related traits were related to these outcomes.