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The Validity of Conscientiousness for Predicting Job Performance: A meta‐analytic test of two hypotheses
Author(s) -
Shaffer Jonathan A.,
Postlethwaite Bennett E.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
international journal of selection and assessment
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.812
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1468-2389
pISSN - 0965-075X
DOI - 10.1111/ijsa.12028
Subject(s) - conscientiousness , psychology , job performance , meta analysis , personality , big five personality traits , cognition , test (biology) , social psychology , applied psychology , job satisfaction , extraversion and introversion , medicine , paleontology , neuroscience , biology
This study examined two hypotheses regarding the moderating effects of job characteristics on the validity of personality. Using meta‐analytic techniques, the authors explored the extent to which the structural characteristics and cognitive ability requirements of jobs influence the role of conscientiousness in predicting performance. The results suggest that conscientiousness is a stronger predictor of performance in jobs that are highly routinized, and a weaker predictor of performance in jobs with high levels of cognitive ability requirements. Implications for theory and future research are discussed.