预测特定职位表现的一般认知能力的有效性在不同级别的工作经验中是稳定的
David Z Hambrick1, Alexander P Burgoyne2, Frederick L Oswald3
1Department of Psychology, Michigan State University.
The Journal of applied psychology
|October 16, 2023
概括
一般认知能力 (g) 可靠地预测各种角色的职业表现. 这项研究发现,即使员工随着时间的推移获得更多经验,认知能力仍然是工作表现的有效预测指标.
科学领域:
- 工业组织心理学 工业组织心理学
- 工作人员的选择 人员的选择
- 认知能力测量 认知能力测量
背景情况:
- 几十年的研究证实了一般认知能力 (g) 是工作表现的强有力的预测因素.
- 一个关键的问题仍然是,认知能力的预测有效性是否会随着工作经验而改变.
研究的目的:
- 研究一般认知能力 (g) 的稳定性,作为不同职业经验水平的职位特定表现的预测指标.
- 为了确定认知能力测量的有效性是否随着服务时间的增加而减少.
主要方法:
- 利用来自31个不同军事职业的历史大规模数据.
- 进行了对10,088名参加联合服务工作绩效测量/入伍标准项目的数据的元分析.
- 研究了认知能力得分 (武装部队资格考试) 和服务时间之间的相互作用,用于预测工作表现.
主要成果:
- 分析显示,所有职位的认知能力得分和服务时间之间几乎是零的相互作用.
- 这表明认知能力仍然是特定职位表现的一致预测因素,无论员工的经验如何.
- 没有证据表明认知能力的有效性随着工作经验的增加而下降.
结论:
- 一般认知能力 (g) 保持其对工作表现的预测有效性,即使有大量的工作经验.
- 研究结果支持在所有职业生涯阶段在人事选择中继续使用认知能力指标.
- 进一步的研究应该探索对人员选择实践和绩效理论模型的影响.
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