Competency Based Selection by Handwriting

Authors

  • Catharina Dewi Wulansari College of Business, Universiti Utara Malaysia, Persiaran Perdana, Sintok, Kedah, Malaysia.
  • Fais bin Ahmad College of Business, Universiti Utara Malaysia, UUM COB, Universiti Utara, Sintok, Kedah, Malaysia.
  • Mariny Abdul Ghani School of Social Development, Universiti Utara Malaysia, Sintok, Universiti Utara Malaysia, Kedah, Malaysia.

Keywords:

Selection, Competency, Handwriting Analysis, Employee

Abstract

The Competency-based systems ensure that the characteristics sought during the selection process are those that will enable new job holders to deliver results. Hand writing Analysis can give a good indication of a person's personality structure, their abilities, ability to grow and develop, and perhaps most importantly, their integrity. The importance in this paper is to know how Hand Writing Analysis works in daily lives. Hand Writing Analysis, is a scientific method in a standardized system of analysing strokes. Combinations of strokes have meaningful interpretation. The research method was qualitative method, which is mainly based on empirical study attempts to focus on the facts of Hand Writing Analysis for employee selection. The result of the study shows that handwriting analysis can used for employee selection because it can describe the indicator of performance such is competence of the employee. Therefore, it is recommended to use handwriting analysis in selecting employees.

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01-11-2021

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Catharina Dewi Wulansari, Fais bin Ahmad, & Mariny Abdul Ghani. (2021). Competency Based Selection by Handwriting . International Journal of Management Studies (IJMS), 5(2(6), 20–33. Retrieved from https://researchersworld.com/index.php/ijms/article/view/1854

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