Development of a Selection Tool for Use in the Identification, Recruitment & Retention of Safe Intermodal Transportation Workers

Details

• Creators:
  Durr, Michael R. ; Sherry, Patrick
• Corporate Creators:
  National Center for Intermodal Transportation for Economic Competitiveness
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Intermodal transportation
  • Recruiting
  • Selection and appointment
  • Personnel retention
  • Questionnaires
  • Aptitude tests
  • Attitudes
  • Injuries
  • Derailments
  • Absenteeism
  More +
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• TRIS Online Accession Number:
  01543891
• Edition:
  Final Report
• Corporate Publisher:
  National Center for Intermodal Transportation
• Abstract:
  A total of 486 transportation employees employed by a major railroad completed a series of tests constructed for this project. These tests or instruments included the Denver Lifestyle Questionnaire, a performance rating scale called the Employees Quality Measure Scale and also several tests published y commercial authors include the Safety Attitude Test (AON Consulting), Mechanical and Abstract Reasoning Tests from the Differential Aptitude Test (Pearson Publishing), and a the Web Neuro Test, brief Neuropsychological Screening instrument.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/28367/dot_28367_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 631.30 KB]
• Collection(s):
  University Transportation Centers ; US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:ac175ae15155942de88a3e7258e8f34aca80fde8162a463baced76c13d6f5f59