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PERSONALITY AND THE SUCCESS OF CARD‐PUNCH OPERATORS IN TRAINING
Author(s) -
SAVAGE R. DOUGLASS,
STEWART RONALD R.
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
british journal of psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.536
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2044-8295
pISSN - 0007-1269
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8295.1972.tb01294.x
Subject(s) - psychology , aptitude , extraversion and introversion , personality , neuroticism , eysenck personality questionnaire , test (biology) , personality test , developmental psychology , coding (social sciences) , clinical psychology , psychometrics , social psychology , big five personality traits , test validity , statistics , mathematics , paleontology , biology
A short battery of tests consisting of the Eysenck Personality Inventory, a test of clerical aptitude and a coding test was given to a group of 100 young female card‐punch operators during their first day in training. Test results were related to supervisors' ratings of output made at the end of each month of a three‐month training period. There were significant negative correlations between extraversion and output ratings during the first two stages of training ( r = −0·29, P < 001; r = −0·33, P < 001), but the relationship at the third stage fell short of significance. Neuroticism and coding scores were not related to training performance, but clerical aptitude became significant during the last month.