
Pedro J. Ramos-VillagrasaUniversity of Zaragoza | UNIZAR · Departamento de Psicología y Sociología
Pedro J. Ramos-Villagrasa
Ph. D in I/O Psychology
Game-related assessments in personnel selection.
Bright and dark personality at work.
The prediction of job performance.
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Introduction
Pedro J. Ramos-Villagrasa, Ph.D, is associate professor in Universidad de Zaragoza (Spain). Their research interests are job performance, personnel selection, occupational health psychology, and the application of Complexity Theory in Psychology.
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September 2019 - present
September 2016 - present
September 2013 - August 2014
Bureau Veritas Centro Universitario
Position
- Managing Director
Education
October 2007 - June 2013
January 2007 - June 2007
Prever Laboral
Field of study
September 2005 - December 2009
Publications
Publications (68)
There is a strong evidence supporting the influence of propensity to moral disengagement (PMD) on ethical outcomes at work. Complementing previous research, this study analyzes the relationship of PMD with Big Five and Dark Tetrad personality traits, and if PMD predicts outcomes that have no ethical basis but are relevant to organizational success...
The scientific literature generated as a result of the appearance and popularization of the use of dating apps still has some important limitations. Among them, the one that has focused particularly on some groups (men who have sex with men, university students) while ignoring others, stands out. Therefore, this study aimed to analyze the character...
Personality questionnaires stand as crucial instruments in personnel selection but their limitations turn the interest towards alternatives like game-related assessments (GRAs). GRAs developed for goals other than fun are called serious games. Within them, gamified assessments are serious games that share similarities with traditional assessments (...
Game-Related Assessments (GRAs) are methods of assessing people with the use of games or gamified tools. They can be categorized by the degree of playfulness. Soft-gamified assessments integrate game elements into traditional tools, while hard-gamified assessments seamlessly embed measurement tools within game narratives. The most elaborate, game-b...
The use of game-related assessments (GRAs) in personnel selection is increasing. However, the type of GRA underinvestigation should be considered. This study focuses on game-based assessments, which closely resemble leisure-oriented videogames. We specifically examined a serious game that assesses personality traits (assertiveness, sociability,tole...
This study tested the direct effects of Dark Tetrad traits on organizational and interpersonal counterproductive work behaviors (CWBs). We also examined the moderating effects of the three dimensions of organizational justice – distributive justice, procedural justice, and interactional justice – on the Dark Tetrad-CWBs relationships. Based on the...
The collection of biographical information (biodata) through CVs and application forms has many advantages, namely easiness of collection, acceptable validity, less prone to faking, and the fulfilment of legal requirements. However, its systematic use among practitioners is scarce. Two of the mains reasons is the overlap with other constructs like...
Industrial development in recent decades has led to using information and communication technologies (ICT) to support personnel selection processes. One of the most notable examples is game-related assessments (GRA), supposedly as accurate as conventional tests but which generate better applicant reactions and reduce the likelihood of adverse impac...
Knowledge of diverse sexual motivations can have profound implications for our comprehension of the causes, correlations, and consequences of sexual behavior. This study had two objectives: on the one hand, to determine the different motives why young Spanish university students have sex and their relationship with different sociodemographic and ps...
Counterproductive work behaviors (CWBs) refers to a set of negative intentional behaviors that harm organizational outcomes. Despite their consequences, their measurement is a debatable issue. The present study is aimed to validate the Spanish version of one of the most commonly used scales of CWBs, the Workplace Deviance Scale, and to provide furt...
In recent years, dating apps have changed the way people meet and communicate with potential romantic and/or sexual partners. There exists a stereotype considering that these apps are used only for casual sex, so those apps would not be an adequate resource to find a long-term relationship. The objective of this study was to analyze possible indivi...
We build on the Nonlinear Dynamic Systems (NDS) theory to examine if team performance change across a complete performance cycle is nonlinear and if such change is related with team processes changes over time. Participants were 214 teams enrolled in one management competition. The hypotheses were tested using nonlinear regressions and catastrophe...
The current study analyzes the relationship between workplace bullying (self-reported experience of being a target and perpetration of bullying behaviors), Big Five and Dark Tetrad personality traits. The sample comprised 613 employees (54% female) from different Spanish organizations. Hierarchical regression analyses showed that neuroticism and Ma...
Biodata have been widely used in personnel selection for a long time, mainly due to their predictive validity in different contexts, low faking, and positive applicant reactions. At the same time, some disadvantages need to be highlighted, with discriminatory content representing a major concern. In order to shed light on these issues, the objectiv...
The development of new technologies, the expansion of the Internet, and the emergence of dating apps (e.g., Tinder, Grindr) in recent years have changed the way to meet and approach potential romantic and/or sexual partners. The recent phenomenon has led to some gaps in the literature on individual differences (sociodemographic variables and person...
The turbulent context in which organizations operate today makes them search for adaptable workers. Previous studies have shown the predictive value of the "Big Five" personality traits on adaptive performance, but some authors suggest extending personality domain with the "dark" traits of personality, that is, Machiavellianism, narcissism, psychop...
This study analyzed incremental effects of the Dark Tetrad traits (i.e., narcissism, Machiavellianism, psycho-pathy, sadism) on job performance dimensions (i.e., task performance, contextual performance, counter-productive work behavior) over the Big Five and Honesty-Humility. Using a multi-occupational sample of 613 employees, results revealed pos...
Job performance is considered the “ultimate dependent variable” in human resource management, turning its assessment into a capital issue. The present study analyzes the functioning of a brief 18-item self-report scale, the Individual Work Performance Questionnaire (IWPQ), which measures the main dimensions of job performance (task performance, con...
Research about sociosexuality, understood as differences in people’s willingness to have sex without commitment in terms of its predictors, such as demographics, relationship status, or individual traits, such as personality, is still scarce. Although sociosexuality was initially considered unidimensional, a tridimensional structure—with behavior,...
En los últimos años la educación superior está promoviendo el uso de metodologías activas para la mejora del proceso de enseñanza-aprendizaje. En este artículo se analiza la utilidad del storytelling en la enseñanza de Psicología Social. A tal fin, 363 estudiantes universitarios participaron en la investigación, realizando una práctica grupal en la...
Material incluido dentro del curso "Storytelling, el poder de las historias", impartido por Pedro J. Ramos y Mario Grande en la Escuela de Formación de la Universidad de León.
Más material empleado en dicho curso se encuentra en: El poder de las historias: El uso del storytelling y los juegos narrativos para la docencia en Ciencias Sociales y Jurí...
Diapositivas empleadas en curso de la Universidad de León. Esta presentación se complementa con la que se encuentra en este enlace: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/332031927_Storytelling_narraciones_y_aprendizaje
Currently, teams require adaptation to deal with work demands successfully. However, research concerning team adaptation should necessarily involve a greater empirical effort in defining under which conditions teams prove more adaptable. This article seeks to contribute to the literature by linking plan formulation, plan execution, and team learnin...
Background: The merging of cultures has led to a more diverse workforce in organizations which has implications that should be taken into account, especially regarding occupational health. Studies undertaken worldwide have found that immigrant workers are subject to less well-being than their native counterparts. Very little is known about the dete...
Desde la entrada en vigor del Estatuto Básico del Empleado Público (EBEP) se incorpora la necesidad de evaluar el desempeño de los trabajadores públicos. Este tipo de evaluaciones suelen ser realizadas por los supervisores directos de los empleados, por lo que en el presente estudio hipotetizamos que los empleados públicos que perciben mayor equida...
The present study provides results of criterion validity in the selection of firefighters in Spain. The predictors were cognitive skills, job knowledge, and physical aptitudes, and the criterion was training proficiency. The process involves 639 candidates, but only 44 complete successfully the selection process. Our results support previous eviden...
Self-efficacy is a fruitful construct on psychological research, including the educational setting. The present study is focused on measuring the writing self-efficacy. Specifically, we translated into Spanish the “Self-Efficacy for Writing Scale” (SEWS; Bruning, Dempsey, Kauffman, McKim, & Zumbrunn, 2013) and assessed its psychometric properties o...
La creación de historias o storytelling constituye una herramienta útil en la enseñanza universitaria en cuanto promueve en los estudiantes un aprendizaje más activo. Esto es especialmente relevante en el ámbito de las Relaciones Laborales y Recursos Humanos (RLRH), ya que la historia creada refleja situaciones concretas relacionadas con el comport...
We review the literature that has considered teams sport as complex systems.
Introducción: La investigación sobre factores que favorecen la empleabilidad es muy importante hoy día. En este sentido, la formación universitaria siempre se ha considerado un valor entre los jóvenes, pero para desempeñar un puesto de trabajo son necesarias tanto competencias específicas del puesto como otras genéricas. El presente estudio hace én...
Purpose: The present communication is aimed to contribute to the study of team processes with a temporally based framework showing that the starting points of interpersonal processes and their rate of change over time determinate team effectiveness in terms of performance, satisfaction and viability.
Design/methodology: The study involves 214 ad-h...
At the turn of the century Arrow, McGrath, and Berdahl (2000) portrayed teams as complex adaptive systems (CAS). And yet, despite broad agreement that this approach facilitates a better understanding of teams, it has only now been timidly incorporated into team research. To help fully incorporate the logic of teams as CAS in the science of teams, w...
The fact of being under terrorist threats, such as death threats or intimidations, has psychosocial effects and impacts on victim’s psychosocial functioning. However, little attention has been paid to the study of threatened people through an evidence-based research. This study analyses quantitatively the experience of threatened people within a co...
Adaptación al castellano de la escala SEWS de autoeficacia para la escritura academica
Purpose: While scales were developed to measure individual adaptive performance, fewer contributions have been done to assess the construct at the team level of analysis. This issue is addressed through two related studies: Study 1 builds on Pulakos, Arad, Donovan and Plamondon (2000) to develop a measure of individual adaptive performance. Study 2...
The recruitment process aims to request relevant information from applicants, but sometimes this could be used to discriminate. Based mainly on the legal framework and the Rational Bias, the present paper explores the use of potentially discriminatory content against women in Spanish companies according to the enforcement of the equal employment op...
Purpose: While scales were developed to measure individual adaptive performance, fewer contributions have been done to assess the construct at the team level of analysis. This issue is addressed through two related studies: Study 1 builds on Pulakos, Arad, Donovan and Plamondon (2000) to develop a measure of individual adaptive performance. Study 2...
The present study analyses the prediction of the effectiveness and its fluctuations
of 34 semi-professional basketball players throughout a sport season using the dynamic
criteria as theoretical framework. The predictor variables (the Big Five personality factors, job
experience and motivation) were obtained by means of self-report, while effect...
The present study analyses the prediction of the effectiveness and its fluctuations of 34 semi-professional basketball players throughout a sport season using the dynamic criteria as theoretical framework. The predictor variables (the Big Five personality factors, job experience and motivation) were obtained by means of self-report, while effective...
Fairness in promotions is a core issue for organizations as it is directly related to some of the most important organizational outcomes. However, the majority of the existing research about this question has been focused on entry‐level selection, and there is a gap in knowledge in the context of promotions. This paper focuses on how workers’ perce...
This paper describes the fluctuations of temporal criteria dynamics in the context of professional sport. Specifically, we try to verify the underlying deterministic patterns in the outcomes of professional basketball players. We use a longitudinal approach based on the analysis of the outcomes of 94 basketball players over ten years, covering prac...
Considering teams as complex adaptive systems (CAS) this study deals with changes in team effectiveness over time in a specific context: professional basketball. The sample comprised 23 basketball teams whose outcomes were analysed over a 12-year period according to two objective measures. The results reveal that all the teams showed chaotic dynami...
Considering teams as complex adaptive systems (CAS) this study deals with changes in team effectiveness over time in a specific context: professional basketball. The sample comprised 23 basketball teams whose outcomes were analysed over a 12-year period according to two objective measures. The results reveal that all the teams showed chaotic dynami...
Abstract: Immigration has become one of the most
important challenges in Europe. Spain has experienced
one of the major growths in the number of
immigrants in the last years. Work is a central issue
in the immigration phenomenon, and workers’
well-being and organizational practices are particularly
sensitive to culture. This paper analyses the
rela...
La investigación longitudinal es todavía escasa en Psicología, y las técnicas de análisis en las que se basa presentan limitaciones para detectar adecuadamente los cambios que se producen en el tiempo. Las aproximaciones lineales son bien conocidas pero las no lineales han sido menos utilizadas, especialmente las que permiten el estudio de patrones...
For a variety of reasons longitudinal research remains uncommon in Psychology. Traditional longitudinal analysis techniques, based on linearity assumption, offer limited ways to study different types of changes over time. This article describes nonlinearity analysis techniques, with emphasis in those whom allow the study of chaotic patterns in time...
Immigration has become one of the most important challenges in Europe. Spain has experienced one of the major growths in the number of immigrants in the last years. Work is a central issue in the immigration phenomenon, and workers' wellbeing and organizational practices are particularly sensitive to culture. This paper analyses the relationship be...
We conducted a content analysis of online job application forms used by companies listed on the Spanish Stock Exchange (i.e., Bolsa de Madrid). We collected data from 76 companies in 2005 and then again for 66 of these companies in 2009. We coded the type of information required on the application forms based on 24 categories related to potential i...
Los juegos de rol son una forma de ocio en la que un conjunto de jugadores participa en un sistema de creación de historias episódicas y participativas. La personalidad es un constructo que ha mostrado su influencia en la toma de decisiones de múltiples aspectos de la vida, y en este estudio comprobamos si se relaciona con la elección de personaje....
The aim of this study is to analyze the relationship between personality (Big Five) and resilience, with emotional exhaustion in a diverse sample. The sample is 311 workers from different sectors, but predominantly within the service sector. We use MBI, BFI and CD-RISC, as instruments in a cross-sectional design study. As expected by previous studi...
The aim of this study is to analyze the relationship between personality (Big Five) and resilience, with emotional exhaustion in a diverse sample. The sample is 311 workers from different sectors, but predominantly within the service sector. We use MBI, BFI and CD-RISC, as instruments in a cross-sectional design study. As expected by previous studi...
The aim of this study is to analyze the relationship between personality (Big Five) and resilience, with emotional exhaustion in a diverse sample. The sample is 311 workers from different sectors, but predominantly within the service sector. We use MBI, BFI and CD-RISC, as instruments in a cross-sectional design study. As expected by previous studi...
El objetivo del presente estudio es analizar las relaciones entre los Big Five y la resistencia con el agotamiento emocional en una muestra multiocupacional. La muestra está compuesta por 311 trabajadores de diferentes sectores, aunque predominan los pertenecientes al sector servicios. Se les aplicaron los cuestionarios MBI, BFI y CD-RISC, mediante...
The aim of this paper is finding the added criterion referenced validity of emotional intelligence and self-efficacy as predictor variables of performance in a personnel selection simulation context over the big-five model of personality, aptitudes and biodata. We applied hierarchical and multiple regression models. Results obtained point that such...
El objetivo de este artículo es comprobar la mejora de la validez orientada al criterio de la inteligencia emocional y la autoeficacia como variables predictoras del rendimiento en un proceso de selección de personal. Mediante un diseño transversal, y utilizando un modelo de predicción múltiple y regresión jerárquica, hemos elaborado varios modelos...
Migration process affects multiple aspects of life. The adaptation process to a new culture comprises many demands, such as those related to the working environment, that can generate diverse psychosocial risks. Ulysses Syndrome
is a construct that integrates immigrants’ main psychological risks. In this study we propose the joint use of a set of s...
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I am looking for recommendations of scales (in English or Spanish) to measure learning styles according to Bloom's taxonomy of learning.
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