%0 Journal Article %T Valoraciones de M¨¦ritos (Training and Experience) en la Administraci¨®n P¨²blica y la Empresa: Fiabilidad, Validez y Discriminaci¨®n de G¨¦nero %A Alonso %A Pamela %A T¨¢uriz %A Gabriel %A Choragwicka %A Beata %J Revista de Psicolog¨ªa del Trabajo y de las Organizaciones %D 2009 %I Colegio Oficial de Psic¨®logos de Madrid %R 10.4321/S1576-59622009000300005 %X this article presents two studies examining reliability (internal consistency, equivalence, and stability), construct validity, and gender discrimination of merit ratings as a personnel selection procedure. the first study (n=72) found that merit rating showed a large test-retest reliability and rater£¿s agreement (rxx=.93) but low internal consistency (a=.53). it was also observed evidence of gender discrimination against women. in the second study, two samples (n=42 and n=98) were used for estimating internal consistency, construct validity and gender discrimination. results showed alpha£¿s coefficients smaller than study 1 and larger gender discrimination. %K merit ratings %K experience %K training %K validity %K reliability %K discrimination. %U http://scielo.isciii.es/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1576-59622009000300005&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en