title: The Great Eight competencies: a criterion-centric approach to validation.
abstract: The author presents results of a meta-analysis of 29 validation studies (N=4,861) that uses the Great Eight competency factors (Kurz & Bartram, 2002) as the criterion measurement framework. Predictors of the Great Eight competencies based only on personality scales show moderate to good correlations with line-manager ratings for all 8 of the competencies. On their own, ability tests correlate with 4 of the 8 competencies, and together ability and personality data yield operational validities ranging from 0.20 to 0.44 for the 8 competencies. Operational validities for aggregated predictors with aggregated criteria were estimated to be 0.53. The value of differentiating the criterion space and of relating predictor variables to criterion variables in a one-to-one fashion is discussed.
authors.affiliation: SHL Group plc, The Pavilion, 1 Atwell Place, Thames Ditton, Surrey KT7 0NE, England, UK. dave.bartram@shlgroup.com
authors.forename: Dave
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bartram
mesh_terms: D001076:Aptitude; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D004650:Employee Performance Appraisal / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D010559:Personnel Management / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012647:Self-Assessment