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HOW BROADLY DOES EDUCATION CONTRIBUTE TO JOB PERFORMANCE?
Author(s) -
NG THOMAS W. H.,
FELDMAN DANIEL C.
Publication year - 2009
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.1744-6570.2008.01130.x
Subject(s) - psychology , job performance , social psychology , contextual performance , creativity , job attitude , workforce , task (project management) , job design , absenteeism , job analysis , core self evaluations , applied psychology , job satisfaction , management , political science , economics , law
This study looks at the effects of education level on job performance in 2 ways. First, it provides a meta‐analysis on the relationships between education level and 9 dimensions of job behaviors representing task, citizenship, and counterproductive performance. Results here show that, in addition to positively influencing core task performance, education level is also positively related to creativity and citizenship behaviors and negatively related to on‐the‐job substance use and absenteeism. Second, we investigate the moderating effects of sample and research design characteristics on the relationships between education and job performance. Significant results were found for gender, race, job level, and job complexity. The article concludes with implications for future research and the management of an increasingly educated workforce.