The honeymoon effect in job performance:  temporal increases in the predictive power of achievement motivation.
Correlations between a job performance criterion and personality measures reflecting achievement motivation and an interpersonal orientation were examined at three points in time after completion of job training for a sample of airline reservations agents.  Although correlations between the personality predictors and performance were small and nonsignificant for the 3-month period after beginning the job, by the end of 6 and 8 months a number of significant relationships had emerged.  Implications for the utility of personality measures in selection and performance prediction are discussed.
Helmreich
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The University of Texas at Austin, USA.
Sawin
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Carsrud
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D000124:Achievement; D004650:Employee Performance Appraisal; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation; D010551:Personality; D010560:Personnel Selection; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011361:Professional Competence; D012737:Sex Factors