Literature Review - Article Example

The literature review explores the history and fundamentals of psychological tests and the significance of the tests to human resource management. It identifies the history of testing with the First World War in which it was used to recruit soldiers. Its application has however been extended to human resource management where it is used to identify potential employee’s suitability to meet a job’s specifications and an organization’s culture. The authors succeeded in exploring the fundamentals of psychological testing, concepts of testing, and types of tests together with the roles of tests in human resource management. Though not citing their source of information, they identify the development of tests in the late 19th century before their application in the world war. The authors however ensured credibility in subsequent sections of the review that are adequately referenced. These sections include a review of types of tests that identifies cognitive ability tests, mechanical ability test, motor and sensor ability test, sensory ability test, and aptitude test with such applications as selection of employees, training and development, team building and development, and career development and progression. The general approach to the authors’ literature review that relied on numerous and diversified sources further identifies the authors’ good job in establishing a credible review. The authors, therefore, did a commendable job in reviewing existing literature to consolidate information on the subject. Their findings are valid because they are based on published resources, reliable because of the extensive scope of the explored resources, and I concur with the authors’ opinions that psychological tests are important to personnel decisions because the identified concepts are widely practiced (Ajila and Linus, 2012).