title: Diabetes and job performance: an empirical investigation.
abstract: There are approximately 11 million people in the United States with diabetes, and the numbers are increasing by 6% annually. Still, the relationship between diabetes and job performance remains unclear and marked by bias. To help clarify this relationship, a multicriterion job-performance rating scale was developed to rate task behaviors, interpersonal behaviors, down-time behaviors, and hazardous behaviors. A volunteer sample of 53 subjects was selected from people with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) and non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM). All subjects were rated individually by a supervisor, who also rated the norm for the work group. The norm rating was used to determine a norm-referenced control group. The subjects were rated better than the norm in all categories and on all criteria: composite job performance (P < .001), task behaviors (P < .01), interpersonal behaviors (P < .01), down-time behaviors (P < .05), and hazardous behaviors (P < .001).
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Greene
authors.forename: G D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Geroy
mesh_terms: D000041:Absenteeism; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000523:psychology*; D004650:Employee Performance Appraisal; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012309:Risk-Taking; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires