This paper reports a laboratory experiment designed to determine whether human resource value numbers, which are the output of a proposed method of human resource valuation, influence a selected human resource management decision — the “allocation” (job assignment or staffing) decision. Human resource value numbers are hypothesized to influence decisions per se as well as the decision-maker's set, the criteria used in reaching decisions. The results indicate that nonmonetary human resource value numbers may influence decisions. However, it could not be established that monetary human resource value numbers make a difference in decisions. The results also indicate that human resource value measures, as well as the numbers per se, may influence the decision-maker's set and criteria used in decision-making.