A selection battery for bake shop managers

Abstract

79 retail-manufacturing bakery chain managers were used as a criterion group in a study to predict managerial success in this job. A test battery consisting of the Baking Knowledge Test, Jurgensen's Classification Inventory, The Federal Management Test, and a mental ability test was compared with a composite criterion score. In a follow-up study of 33 newly hired managers, only the Classification Inventory yielded a validity coefficient significant at the 5% level, although the other tests proved useful for distinguishing between satisfactory and unsatisfactory managers at the extremes and for determining training needed. 19 references. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)