Cognitive ability, cognitive aptitudes, job knowledge, and job performance

Hunter, John E·1986·Journal of Vocational Behavior

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“Many of these studies focused on cognitive ability (or g), which has been found to be a consistently good predictor of job performance across a variety of occupations (Schmidt & Hunter, 1998, 2004). In particular for more complex job levels, the predictive validity of g is high (Hunter, 1986). Both Kanfer and Ackerman…”
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Authors: Hunter, J. E.
Venue: Journal of Vocational Behavior
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Published: 1986-12
Volume: 29
Issue: 3
Pages: 340-362
ISSN: 0001-8791 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1016/0001-8791(86)90013-8
OpenAlex: W2138261560
Cited by: 988
References: 0
FWCI: 17.64
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed

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