Abstract

CARVAJAL MARIN, Luz Mery; ULLOA ULLOA, Irene  and  MORALES SILVA, Milena. The usage of psychometric test: ¿an absurd in an est?. Univ. Psychol. [online]. 2007, vol.6, n.1, pp.79-88. ISSN 1657-9267.

This article, presents an analysis on the usage of psychometric tests in a company of temporary services (EST) of Bogota, Colombia, based on the socialconstructionist theory. The investigation give the evidence of the existence of a gap among the Psychology as a discipline and a profession, as well as a displacement of the knowledge of the scientific Psychology towards the psychology of the common sense, as an answer from the organizational psychologists to the logics of the market.

Keywords : Organizactional psychology; Psychometrics; Socialconstructionism.

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