- Robots are judging me: Perceived fairness of algorithmic recruitment tools Hilliard, Airlie; Guenole, Nigel and Leutner, Franziska. 2022. Robots are judging me: Perceived fairness of algorithmic recruitment tools. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, 940456. ISSN 1664-1078
- Can faking be measured with dedicated validity scales? Within-Subject Trifactor Mixture Modeling applied to BIDR responses Guenole, Nigel; Brown, Anna and Lim, Velvetina. 2022. Can faking be measured with dedicated validity scales? Within-Subject Trifactor Mixture Modeling applied to BIDR responses. Assessment, 30(5), pp. 1523-1542. ISSN 1073-1911
- Strategic Workforce Planning in Dynamic Business Environments Guenole, Nigel and Feinzig, Sheri. 2019. Strategic Workforce Planning in Dynamic Business Environments. People & Strategy, 2019(Fall), p. 9. ISSN 1946-4606
- Forced-Choice Assessment of Work-Related Maladaptive Personality Traits: Preliminary Evidence From an Application of Thurstonian Item Response Modeling Guenole, Nigel; Brown, Anna and Cooper, Andrew. 2018. Forced-Choice Assessment of Work-Related Maladaptive Personality Traits: Preliminary Evidence From an Application of Thurstonian Item Response Modeling. Assessment, 25(4), pp. 513-526. ISSN 1073-1911
- Reconsidering cluster bias in multilevel data: A Monte Carlo comparison of free and constrained baseline approaches Guenole, Nigel. 2018. Reconsidering cluster bias in multilevel data: A Monte Carlo comparison of free and constrained baseline approaches. Frontiers in Psychology, 9, 255. ISSN 1664-1078
- Placing Job Characteristics in Context: Cross-Temporal Meta-Analysis of Changes in Job Characteristics Since 1975 Wegman, L. A.; Hoffman, B. J; Carter, N. T.; Twenge, J. M. and Guenole, Nigel. 2018. Placing Job Characteristics in Context: Cross-Temporal Meta-Analysis of Changes in Job Characteristics Since 1975. Journal of Management, 44(1), pp. 352-386. ISSN 0149-2063
- Relationships between two dimensions of employee perfectionism, postwork cognitive processing, and work day functioning Flaxman, Paul E.; Stride, Christopher B.; Söderberg, Mia; Lloyd, Joda; Guenole, Nigel and Bond, Frank W.. 2018. Relationships between two dimensions of employee perfectionism, postwork cognitive processing, and work day functioning. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 27(1), pp. 56-69. ISSN 1359-432X
- On Designing Construct Driven Situational Judgment Tests: Some Preliminary Recommendations Guenole, Nigel; Chernyshenko, Sasha and Weekley, Jeff. 2017. On Designing Construct Driven Situational Judgment Tests: Some Preliminary Recommendations. International Journal of Testing, x(x), pp. 1-19. ISSN 1530-5058
- The Internal Structure of Situational Judgment Tests Reflects Candidate Main Effects: Not Dimensions or Situations Jackson, Duncan; Alexander, Lopilato; Dan, Hughes; Nigel, Guenole and Ali, Shalfrooshan. 2017. The Internal Structure of Situational Judgment Tests Reflects Candidate Main Effects: Not Dimensions or Situations. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 90(1), pp. 1-27. ISSN 0963-1798
- The importance of isomorphism for conclusions about homology: A Bayesian multilevel structural equation modeling approach with ordinal indicators Guenole, Nigel. 2016. The importance of isomorphism for conclusions about homology: A Bayesian multilevel structural equation modeling approach with ordinal indicators. Frontiers in Psychology, 7, 289. ISSN 1664-1078
- I-Os in the vanguard of big data analytics and privacy Ducey, Adam; Guenole, Nigel; Weiner, Sara; Herleman, Hailey; Gibby, Robert and Delaney, Tanya. 2015. I-Os in the vanguard of big data analytics and privacy. Industrial Organizational Psychology: Perspectives on Science and Practice,,
- The Hierarchical Structure of Work-Related Maladaptive Personality Traits Guenole, Nigel. 2015. The Hierarchical Structure of Work-Related Maladaptive Personality Traits. European Journal of Psychological Assessment, 31(2), pp. 1-8. ISSN 1015-5759
- Low Fidelity Simulations Weekley, Jeff; Hawkes, Ben; Guenole, Nigel and Ployhart, Robert. 2015. Low Fidelity Simulations. Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior,
- Are predictions based on situational judgement tests precise enough for feedback in leadership development? Guenole, Nigel; Chernyshenko, Oleksander; Stark, Stephen and Drasgow, Fritz. 2015. Are predictions based on situational judgement tests precise enough for feedback in leadership development? European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 24(3), pp. 433-443. ISSN 1359-432X
- The Consequences of Ignoring Measurement Invariance for Path Coefficients in Structural Equation Models Guenole, Nigel and Brown, Anna. 2014. The Consequences of Ignoring Measurement Invariance for Path Coefficients in Structural Equation Models. Frontiers in Psychology, 5, 980. ISSN 1664-1078
- Focal Article: Maladaptive Personality at Work: Exploring the Darkness. Guenole, Nigel. 2014. Focal Article: Maladaptive Personality at Work: Exploring the Darkness. Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Perspectives on Science and Practice, 7, pp. 85-97. ISSN 1754-9426
- The work-related acceptance and action questionnaire (WAAQ): Initial psychometric findings and their implications for measuring psychological flexibility in specific contexts Bond, Frank W.; Lloyd, Joda and Guenole, Nigel. 2013. The work-related acceptance and action questionnaire (WAAQ): Initial psychometric findings and their implications for measuring psychological flexibility in specific contexts. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 86(3), pp. 331-347. ISSN 0963-1798
- More than a Mirage: An Assessment Center with More Dimension Variance than Exercise Variance. Guenole, Nigel; Chernyshenko, Sasha; Stark, Stephen; Cockerill, T. and Drasgow, F.. 2013. More than a Mirage: An Assessment Center with More Dimension Variance than Exercise Variance. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 86(1), pp. 5-21. ISSN 0963-1798
- The NEO-PI-R: Factor structure and gender invariance from exploratory structural equation modelling analyses in a high-stakes setting Furnham, Adrian; Guenole, Nigel; Levine, Stephen and Chamorro-Premuzic, Tomas. 2012. The NEO-PI-R: Factor structure and gender invariance from exploratory structural equation modelling analyses in a high-stakes setting. Assessment, 20(1), pp. 14-23. ISSN 1073-1911
- Evidence for the validity of dimensions in the presence of rater source factors. Guenole, Nigel; Cockerill, T; Chamorro-Premuzic, Tomas and Smillie, Luke D.. 2011. Evidence for the validity of dimensions in the presence of rater source factors. Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research, 63(4), pp. 203-218. ISSN 1065-9293
- Preliminary psychometric properties of the Acceptance and Action Questionnaire – II: A revised measure of psychological flexibility and acceptance. Bond, Frank W.; Hayes, Steven C.; Baer, Ruth A.; Carpenter, Ken M.; Guenole, Nigel; Orcutt, Holly K.; Waltz, Tom and Zettle, Robert D.. 2011. Preliminary psychometric properties of the Acceptance and Action Questionnaire – II: A revised measure of psychological flexibility and acceptance. Behavior Therapy, 42(4), pp. 676-688. ISSN 0005-7894
- Can subject matter experts' ratings of statement extremity be used to streamline the development of unidimensional pairwise preference scales? Stark, Stephen; Chernyshenko, Sasha and Guenole, Nigel. 2011. Can subject matter experts' ratings of statement extremity be used to streamline the development of unidimensional pairwise preference scales? Organizational Research Methods, 14(2), pp. 256-278. ISSN 1094-4281
- Formal development opportunities and withdrawal behaviors by employees in small and medium-sized enterprises Pajo, Karl; Coetzer, Alan and Guenole, Nigel. 2010. Formal development opportunities and withdrawal behaviors by employees in small and medium-sized enterprises. Journal of Small Business Management, 48(3), pp. 281-301. ISSN 00472778
- Measuring stress reaction style: A construct validity investigation Guenole, Nigel; Chernyshenko, Sasha; Stark, Stephen; McGregor, Keith and Ganesh, Siva. 2008. Measuring stress reaction style: A construct validity investigation. Personality and Individual Differences, 44(1), pp. 250-262. ISSN 0191-8869
- Can the discretionary nature of certain criteria lead to differential prediction across cultural groups? Chernyshenko, Sasha; Stark, Stephen and Guenole, Nigel. 2007. Can the discretionary nature of certain criteria lead to differential prediction across cultural groups? International Journal of Selection and Assessment, 15(2), pp. 175-184. ISSN 0965-075X
- The Suitability of Goldberg’s Big Five Personality Markers in New Zealand: A Dimensionality, Bias, and Criterion Validity Evaluation Guenole, Nigel and Chernyshenko, O.. 2005. The Suitability of Goldberg’s Big Five Personality Markers in New Zealand: A Dimensionality, Bias, and Criterion Validity Evaluation. New Zealand Journal of Psychology, 34(2), pp. 86-96. ISSN 0112-109X
- Ethnic Differences in Cognitive Ability in a New Zealand Applicant Sample. Guenole, Nigel; Englert, P. and Taylor, P.. 2003. Ethnic Differences in Cognitive Ability in a New Zealand Applicant Sample. New Zealand Journal of Psychology, 32(1), pp. 49-54. ISSN 0112-109X
Dr Nigel Guenole
Nigel specialises in strategic leadership assessment and people analytics.
Staff details

Position
Reader in Management and Psychology
Department
Institute of Management Studies
n.guenole (@gold.ac.uk)
Nigel researches leadership assessment and people analytics. He previously worked at IBM where he led a team of behavioural scientists working with computer science engineers to ensure early AI applications in Human Resources met stringent behavioural science standards. Projects he has worked on have appeared in Harvard Business Review, Forbes, European CEO, and European Business Review. He co-authored the best-selling analytics book 'The Power of People: Learn how successful organizations use workforce analytics to improve business performance'. Nigel is an elected fellow of the American Psychological Association’s Division 14, the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, for outstanding contributions to Assessment and HR analytics. He has edited special issues at journals including the Human Resource Management Journal and is on the editorial boards of the Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology and the International Journal of Selection and Assessment.
Featured publications
Publications and research outputs
Book Section
- Causal Inference in HR Analytics with Directed Acyclic Graphs Guenole, Nigel and Charlwood, Andy. 2025. Causal Inference in HR Analytics with Directed Acyclic Graphs. In: Martin R. Edwards; Dana Minbaeva; Alec Levenson and Mark Huselid, eds. Workforce Analytics: A Global Perspective. Abingdon: Routledge. ISBN 9781032039848
- A European Perspective on Psychometric Measurement Technology Guenole, Nigel; Svensson, Cicek; Wille, Bart; Aloyan, Kristina and Saville, Peter. 2023. A European Perspective on Psychometric Measurement Technology. In: Louis Tay; Sang Eun Woo and Tara Behrend, eds. Technology and measurement around the globe. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 271-307. ISBN 9781009099813
- We're doing better than you might think: a large scale demonstration of assessment centre convergent and discriminant validity Guenole, Nigel; Cheryshenko, O.; Stark, S.; Cockerill, T. and Drasgow, F.. 2011. We're doing better than you might think: a large scale demonstration of assessment centre convergent and discriminant validity. In: Nigel Povah and George Thornton, eds. Assessment Centres and Global Talent Management. London: Gower. ISBN 978-1-4094-0386-9
Article
- HR Analytics: An emerging field finding its place in the world alongside simmering ethical challenges. Edwards, Martin; Charlwood, Andy; Guenole, Nigel and Marler, Janet. 2024. HR Analytics: An emerging field finding its place in the world alongside simmering ethical challenges. Human Resource Management Journal, 34(2), pp. 326-336. ISSN 0954-5395
- Can HR adapt to the paradoxes of artificial intelligence? Charlwood, Andy and Guenole, Nigel. 2022. Can HR adapt to the paradoxes of artificial intelligence? Human Resource Management Journal, 32(4), pp. 729-742. ISSN 0954-5395
- The Interaction Between Conscientiousness and General Mental Ability: Support for a Compensatory Interaction in Task Performance Harris-Watson, Alexandra M.; Kung, Mei-Chua; Tocci, Michael C.; Boyce, Anthony S.; Weekly, Jeff A.; Guenole, Nigel and Carter, Nathan T.. 2022. The Interaction Between Conscientiousness and General Mental Ability: Support for a Compensatory Interaction in Task Performance. Journal of Business and Psychology, 37(4), pp. 855-871. ISSN 0889-3268
Report
- The Business Case for AI in HR: With Insights and Tips on Getting Started Guenole, Nigel and Feinzig, Sheri. 2018. The Business Case for AI in HR: With Insights and Tips on Getting Started. Technical Report. IBM Corporation, Armonk, NY.
- Ethical Dilemmas in HR Analytics: Perspectives from the Global Workforce Guenole, Nigel; Feinzig, Sheri and Green, David. 2018. Ethical Dilemmas in HR Analytics: Perspectives from the Global Workforce. Discussion Paper. IBM Corporation, Armonk, NY.
- Employee Privacy Preferences in the World's Major Economies Guenole, Nigel; Feinzig, Sheri and Ferrar, Jonathan. 2015. Employee Privacy Preferences in the World's Major Economies. Discussion Paper. IBM Corporation, Somers, NY.