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AN EMPIRICAL TEST OF A TRAIT‐ORIENTED JOB ANALYSIS TECHNIQUE
Author(s) -
LOPEZ FELIX M.,
KESSELMAN GERALD A.,
LOPEZ FELIX E.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
personnel psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.076
H-Index - 142
eISSN - 1744-6570
pISSN - 0031-5826
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-6570.1981.tb00490.x
Subject(s) - trait , psychology , job performance , checklist , social psychology , test (biology) , personnel selection , job analysis , applied psychology , job satisfaction , cognitive psychology , statistics , computer science , paleontology , mathematics , biology , programming language
A trait‐oriented job analysis technique based on a checklist of 33 a priori carefully defined traits that encompass elements of the physical, mental, learned, motivational and social domains of the work world is described. The analysis identifies the relevant traits, their levels and weights, in relation to overall job performance. Results of discriminability tests were supportive of the job analysis technique and indicated that incumbents of jobs requiring a particular trait scored higher on measures (predictors) of that trait than incumbents of jobs not requiring that trait. Implications of the results for personnel selection and placement are discussed.