Jami Ross, MA
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Organization for which I currently work:
City of Santa Rosa
Job title:
Human Resources Analyst
Past employers:
Los Angeles Unified School District
Senior Human Resources Analyst
Los Angeles Unified School District
Human Resources Analyst
Los Angeles Unified School District
Analyst
Little Company of Mary Hospital
Emergency Room Registration Clerk
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Undergraduate education:
BA in Psychology
CSU Long Beach, CA
Thesis title and abstract:
Impression Management by High and Low Self-Monitoring Job Applicants on Computer versus Paper-and-Pencil Questionnaires
This study investigated whether the method of administering questionnaires to job applicants impacts their performance. Because past research has shown that subjects high in self-monitoring are more sensitive to situational characteristics, it was hypothesized that high self-monitors would be more impacted by the method of administration than would low self-monitors.
One hundred nine undergraduate students played the role of job applicant, with a prize offered as a motivator. Subjects completed the HPI Reliability Scale and the BIDR Impression Management Scale, either by computer or by paper and pencil. All completed Snyder’s Self-Monitoring Scale.
Subjects were classified as high or low self-monitors and two-way analyses of variance were performed on HPI and BIDR scores. No main effect or interaction was found on questionnaire responses due to self-monitoring ability or mode of administration. Additional analyses with Snyder’s Self-Monitoring Scale’s factor subscales suggested that Extraversion may be more useful than the full scale.
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