Psychological assessment of automobile drivers in Nigeria: Scale construction
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2012
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Malomo, B.
Balogun, S.K.
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Human error in driving has been greatly indicated as a major factor contributing to road traffic accidents resulting in loss of lives and damage to properties. Methods such as physical driving test are currently being adopted by organizations in assessing and selecting work-related automobile drivers for employment. This method may lack psychological dimensions of driving. This paper therefore presents the development and validation of a psychological test for the selection of automobile drivers in the Nigerian banking industry. Using cross sectional survey research design, the development of psychological test for automobile drivers was carried out in three phases namely: pre-pilot phase, pilot phase, and the main study phase. Using a multi-stage sampling technique, a total of 729 participants made up of Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) and drivers randomly drawn from 4 commercial banks took part in the study. In …
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Malomo, B. I., & Balogun, S. K. (2012). PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT OF AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS IN NIGERIA: SCALE CONSTRUCTION. IFE PsychologIA, 20(2).