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Identifying vigilant workers is challenging. New research suggests using fatigue, abnormal personality, and task engagement stress scales for better occupational selection. This improves operator identification in critical industries.

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  • Psychology
  • Occupational Health
  • Human Factors

Background:

  • Individual differences in vigilance are critical across various high-stakes industries, including transportation, medical, and security.
  • Despite extensive research on personality traits, effectively identifying vigilant individuals remains a significant challenge.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review recent research on predictor variables for vigilance.
  • To compare theoretical approaches for identifying vigilance predictors that account for task heterogeneity.
  • To discuss implications for occupational selection strategies.

Main Methods:

  • Survey of recent empirical studies examining personality measures, ability tests, and stress/coping scales as vigilance predictors.
  • Comparison of theoretical frameworks for vigilance prediction.
  • Analysis of implications for occupational selection.

Main Results:

  • Promising new predictor constructs for vigilance include trait scales related to fatigue, abnormal personality, and the stress of task engagement.
  • Existing methods relying solely on personality traits are insufficient for identifying vigilant operators.
  • A multivariate assessment strategy is recommended for occupational selection.

Conclusions:

  • Occupational selection for vigilant roles requires a comprehensive approach.
  • This approach should integrate multivariate assessment, cognitive task analysis, and work sample measures to evaluate stress responses.
  • Future selection strategies should leverage newly identified constructs like fatigue and engagement-related stress.