NEGLIGENT HIRING AND DEFAMATION: AREAS OF LIABILITY RELATED TO PRE‐EMPLOYMENT INQUIRIES
讨论了疏忽雇佣和诽谤领域的法律趋势，促使雇主重新评估雇佣前调查（尤其是推荐信）的使用，并提出了工业与组织心理学家关注的问题。
Research on pre‐employment inquiries has not been extensive. The limited validity and utility of employment references has been documented, but other types of background checks have not been adequately discussed. However, recent legal trends in the areas of negligent hiring and defamation are leading employers to reevaluate their use of pre‐employment inquiries and, particularly, references in hiring. Principles of law in these two areas are discussed and issues of concern to I/O psychologists are presented.