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Is there a general factor in ratings of job performance? A meta-analytic framework for disentangling substantive and
Chockalingam Viswesvaran1, Frank L Schmidt, Deniz S Ones
1Department of Psychology, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, USA. vish@fiu.edu
Abstract:
A database integrating 90 years of empirical studies reporting intercorrelations among rated job performance dimensions was used to test the hypothesis of a general factor in job performance. After controlling for halo error and 3 other sources of measurement error, there remained a general factor in job performance ratings at the construct level accounting for 60% of total variance. Construct-level correlations among rated dimensions of job performance were substantially inflated by halo for both supervisory (33%) and peer (63%) intrarater correlations. These findings have important implications for the measurement of job performance and for theories of job performance.
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