The Role of Handwriting Analysis in Obtaining Competence and Organizational Commitment
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This paper which is mainly based on empirical study attempts to focus on the facts of Hand Writing Analysis for employee selection. Handwriting analysis, is a scientific method in a standardized system of analyzing strokes. Handwriting analysis can give a good indication of a person's personality structure, their abilities, ability to grow and develop, and perhaps most importantly, their integrity. The importance in this paper is to know how handwriting analysis works. The research method was qualitative method. To analyzed the data, it was used Handwriting Wizard Software to detect lecturer competence. Beside that, researchers used Handwriting Personality Software to detect lecturer organizational commitments. Results from both software were then verified to Graphologist through interview. Furthermore, for the final analysis, Nvivo 11 was used. The result of the study shows that there are several types of handwriting which describe the competence and organizational commitment of the lecturer. It is also found that handwriting analysis can obtaining competence and organizational commitment. At the end of the study some suggestions are made to review the selection policies that will lead to higher employee retention and improved organizational performance.
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