Journal article
Relative Importance of Personality and General Mental Ability in Managers' Judgments of Applicant Qualifications
Journal of applied psychology, Vol.80(4), pp.500-509
08/01/1995
DOI: 10.1037/0021-9010.80.4.500
PMID: 7642460
Abstract
Eighty-four managers who make hiring decisions in 1 of 6 occupations representative of
J. L. Holland's (1973)
6 job typologies (medical technologist, insurance sales agent, carpenter, licensed practical nurse, reporter, and secretary) rated 39 hypothetical job applicants on 2 dependent variables, hirability and counterproductivity. Applicants were described on the Big Five personality factors (Emotional Stability, Extraversion, Openness to Experience, Agreeableness, and Conscientiousness) and on general mental ability. Results showed that general mental ability and conscientiousness were the most important attributes related to applicants' hirability and that Emotional Stability, Conscientiousness, and Agreeableness were the most important attributes related to counterproductivity. In most respects, these results mirror meta-analytic reviews of validity studies, thereby confirming hypotheses.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Relative Importance of Personality and General Mental Ability in Managers' Judgments of Applicant Qualifications
- Creators
- Wendy S Dunn - Coe CollegeMichael K Mount - University of IowaMurray R Barrick - University of IowaDeniz S Ones - University of Houston
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of applied psychology, Vol.80(4), pp.500-509
- DOI
- 10.1037/0021-9010.80.4.500
- PMID
- 7642460
- NLM abbreviation
- J Appl Psychol
- ISSN
- 0021-9010
- eISSN
- 1939-1854
- Publisher
- American Psychological Association
- Number of pages
- 10
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 08/01/1995
- Academic Unit
- Management and Entrepreneurship
- Record Identifier
- 9984963106502771
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