Many assume job analysis information is accurate, yet there is reason to believe that the types of subjective judgments involved in job analysis may be affected by systematic sources of inaccuracy. This chapter begins by discussing some prototypical situations which can occur in job analysis and reduce the accuracy of job analysis information. To understand how these inaccuracies can arise, we then review a framework of inaccuracy forwarded by Morgeson and Campion (1997) which includes 16 separate sources of inaccuracy in job analysis.

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