Summary
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The globalized nature of work in the new millennium implies that human resource management, psychological theories of personnel and individual behaviour in the workplace have to change and evolve. This volume mainly focuses on theories, techniques and methods used by industrial and work psychologists. A set of internationally renowned authors summarize advances in core topics such as analysis of work, work design, job performance, performance appraisal and feedback, workplace counterproductivity, recruitment and personnel selection, work relevant individual difference variables (cognitive ability, personality), human-machine interactions, human errors, training, learning, individual development, socialization, methods, and measurement.
Cognitive Ability
Cognitive Ability
This chapter reviews the extensive literature examining relations between cognitive ability, especially general cognitive ability (g), and occupational performance. We begin with an examination of the structure of ability and the similarity of factor structure for sex and ethnic groups. Next, we identify several methodological issues in the measurement of ability and occupational performance. We then examine the predictive validity of g for training and on-the-job performance, and the incremental validity of specific cognitive abilities, job knowledge, and personality. Next, path models are reviewed that document studies examining causal relations among g, job knowledge, and occupational performance in training and on the job. We then briefly review the literature on differential validity and predictive bias. In addition, we respond to critics citing ...
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