Is there a general factor in ratings of job performance? A meta-analytic framework for disentangling substantive and error influences.
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.
Viswesvaran
Chockalingam
C
Department of Psychology, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, USA. vish@fiu.edu
Schmidt
Frank L
FL
Ones
Deniz S
DS
D016208:Databases, Factual; D004650:Employee Performance Appraisal / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis