Abbreviated job evaluation scales developed on the basis of "internal" and "external" criteria

Abstract

Raters in 3 companies evaluated a standard set of descriptions for 35 salaried jobs on a standard job evaluation and on their own respective company manuals. The Wherry-Doolittle selection method was applied to the standard manual factor ratings submitted by the raters in each company, with total rating on the standard manual as the internal criterion, and the same method again applied but with total ratings on the respective company manuals as the external criterion. Out of a possible 12 factors, 8 were identified among the first 4 by all groups of raters. The striking feature of the abbreviated scales derived with external criteria was their dissimilarity, although there was a striking similarity of the abbreviated scales that emerged with the same internal criterion. This indicates differences among the company manuals, as analyzed in terms of the standard manual factors. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)