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A Meta-Analysis of the Relationship between General Mental Ability and Attitudes
Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings, Vol.2014(1), p.11088
01/2014
DOI: 10.5465/ambpp.2014.11088abstract
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We conducted a meta-analysis to examine the relationship between general mental ability (GMA) and both job and life attitudes. Drawing on the gravitation model and self- determination theory, we hypothesized that GMA will be positively related to both job and life attitudes, and that the relationships will be mediated by job complexity and incomes. The meta-analytic results provided mixed support for the hypothesized zero-order relationships, as the magnitude of the correlations of GMA with both job and life attitudes were relatively small ( = .14 or less). However, the meta-analytic regression results provided strong support for the hypothesized indirect effects of GMA on work and life attitudes. Specifically, GMA had a positive indirect effect on both job satisfaction and life attitudes through the mediating effects of job complexity; additionally, GMA had a positive indirect effect on life attitudes through the mediating effects of income. Our findings generally discounted the popular folk notion that ignorance is bliss. We discuss the implications of these findings for theories of GMA and attitudes as well as for practice.
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- Title: Subtitle
- A Meta-Analysis of the Relationship between General Mental Ability and Attitudes
- Creators
- Erik Gonzalez-Mule - U. of IowaKameron Carter - U. of IowaMichael K Mount - U. of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Abstract
- Publication Details
- Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings, Vol.2014(1), p.11088
- DOI
- 10.5465/ambpp.2014.11088abstract
- eISSN
- 2151-6561
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 01/2014
- Academic Unit
- Management and Entrepreneurship
- Record Identifier
- 9984963194002771
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