The efficacy of personality assessment tools in the Iranian organisations recruitment process. How much has it been accepted and used?

This article explores the efficacy of applying personality assessment tools at the recruitment stage to achieve personality job fit in Iranian manufacturing organisations.
Researchers have studied the topic of personality assessment tools for many years; however, it is still a new concept and sometimes unfamiliar to some Iranian organisations. Since the literature about Iran’s recruitment policies offered limited insights, the combination of exploratory interviewing and grounded theory was considered an appropriate research strategy. This empirical study scrutinised HRM practices in the Iranian manufacturing sector by conducting 28 semi-structured face-to-face interviews and observations of HR departments and professionals. The finding indicates that despite the critical role of HR managers in organisations, they were not keen to gain knowledge of modern theories by themselves. HR departments in Iranian organisations fail to apply personality assessment tools, and it seems HR managers do not have adequate authority and knowledge of HRM for this critical role.