Resumen

CARVAJAL MARIN, LUZ MERY; ULLOA ULLOA, IRENE  y  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.

Palabras clave : organizactional psychology; psychometrics; socialconstructionism.

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