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THE TRANSPORTABILITY OF JOB INFORMATION ACROSS COUNTRIES
Author(s) -
TAYLOR PAUL J.,
LI WENDONG,
SHI KAN,
BORMAN WALTER C.
Publication year - 2008
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.1744-6570.2008.00106.x
Subject(s) - supervisor , work (physics) , job performance , psychology , programmer , china , rank (graph theory) , demographic economics , marketing , management , applied psychology , business , job satisfaction , social psychology , political science , computer science , economics , engineering , mechanical engineering , mathematics , combinatorics , law , programming language
Three Occupational Information Network (O*NET) instruments (Generalized Work Activities, Basic and Cross‐Functional Skills, Work Styles) were administered to 1,007 job incumbents, from 369 organizations, performing 1 of 3 jobs (first‐line supervisor, office clerk, computer programmer) in New Zealand, China, and Hong Kong. Data from these countries were compared with archival data collected from 370 incumbents holding similar jobs in the United States. Hypothesized country differences, derived from cross‐cultural theory, received limited support. The magnitude of differences in mean item ratings between incumbents from the United States and the other 3 countries were generally small to moderate in size, and rank‐orderings of the importance and level of work activities and job requirements were quite similar, suggesting that, for most applications, job information is likely to transport quite well across countries.