This article summarizes the practical and theoretical implications of 85 years of research in
personnel selection. On the basis of meta-analytic findings, this article presents the validity …

Meta-analysis of the cumulative research on various predictors of job performance showed
that for entry-level jobs there was no predictor with validity equal to that of ability, which had …

This paper reviews the hundreds of studies showing that general cognitive ability predicts
job performance in all jobs. The first section shows that general cognitive ability predicts …

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Personnel psychologists have traditionally believed that employment test validities are
situation specific. This study presents a Bayesian statistical model that is based on the …

Based on data from 4 independent studies reported by R. Vineberg and EN Taylor (1972)
with a total sample size of 1,474, path analysis was used to examine the causal impact of job …

Research conclusions in the social sciences are increasingly based on meta‐analysis,
making questions of the accuracy of meta‐analysis critical to the integrity of the base of …

In a recent meta-analysis of attitude-behavior research, the authors of this article found a
strong overall attitude-behavior relationship (r=. 79) when methodological artifacts are …

As research in psychology becomes more sophisticated and more oriented toward the
development and testing of theory, it becomes more important to eliminate biases in data …

The hypothesis was tested that the standard deviation of employee output as a percentage
of mean output (SD p) increases as a function of the complexity level of the job. The data …