Journal of Applied Psychology 2005

Is There a General Factor in Ratings of Job Performance? A Meta-Analytic Framework for Disentangling Substantive and Error Influences.

Chockalingam Viswesvaran¹; Frank L. Schmidt²; Deniz S. Ones³

¹ Florida International University · ² University of Iowa · ³ University of Minnesota

Abstract

A database integrating 90 years of empirical studies reporting intercorrelations among rated job performance dimensions was used to test the hypothesis of a general factor in job performance. After controlling for halo error and 3 other sources of measurement error, there remained a general factor in job performance ratings at the construct level accounting for 60% of total variance. Construct-level correlations among rated dimensions of job performance were substantially inflated by halo for both supervisory (33%) and peer (63%) intrarater correlations. These findings have important implications for the measurement of job performance and for theories of job performance.

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10.1037/0021-9010.90.1.108

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