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The Effect of Field Independence, Job Analysis Format, and Sex of Rater on the Accuracy of Job Evaluation Ratings
Author(s) -
Cellar Douglas F.,
Durr Margaret L.,
Halsell Susanne,
Doverspike Dennis
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
journal of applied social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.822
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1559-1816
pISSN - 0021-9029
DOI - 10.1111/j.1559-1816.1989.tb00061.x
Subject(s) - psychology , job analysis , independence (probability theory) , field (mathematics) , social psychology , job performance , job attitude , applied psychology , job design , job satisfaction , statistics , mathematics , pure mathematics
An experiment was conducted in order to assess the impact of field independence (field independence vs. field dependence), job analysis format (job specifications vs. job descriptions), and sex of the rater on the differential accuracy of job evaluation ratings. Eighty‐eight college students participated in the study. The results indicated that field independent raters were significantly more accurate in their job evaluations, as were subjects rating job specifications.