Meta-analyzing the relationship between grades and job performance.

Roth, Philip L.; BeVier, Craig A.; Switzer, Fred S.; Schippmann, Jeffery S.

doi:10.1037/0021-9010.81.5.548

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Meta-analyzing the relationship between grades and job performance.

Roth, Philip L., BeVier, Craig A., Switzer, Fred S., Schippmann, Jeffery S.·1996·Journal of Applied Psychology

DOI 10.1037/0021-9010.81.5.548

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Employers and academics have differing views on the value of grades for predicting job performance. Employers often believe grades are useful predictors, and they make hiring decisions that are based on them. Many academics believe that grades have little predictive validity. Past meta-analyses of the grades-performance relationship have suffered either from small sample sizes or the inability to correct observed correlations for research artifacts. This study demonstrated the observed correlation between grades and job performance was.16. Correction for research artifacts increased the correlation to the.30s. Several factors were found to moderate the relationship. The most powerful factors were the year of research publication and the time between graduation and performance measurement.

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Authors: Roth, P. L., BeVier, C. A., Switzer, F. S., & Schippmann, J. S.
Affiliations: Clemson University (US)
ORCID: Roth, Philip L.
Schippmann, Jeffery S.
Venue: Journal of Applied Psychology
Publisher: American Psychological Association (APA)
Published: 1996-10
Volume: 81
Issue: 5
Pages: 548-556
ISSN: 0021-9010 (ISSN-L)
1939-1854
DOI: 10.1037/0021-9010.81.5.548
OpenAlex: W2054953690
Cited by: 259
References: 62
Citations by year: 2026: 4 · 2025: 7 · 2024: 9 · 2023: 11 · 2022: 9 · 2021: 17 · 2020: 19 · 2019: 14 · 2018: 13 · 2017: 9 · 2016: 12 · 2015: 18 · 2014: 10 · 2013: 11 · 2012: 10
FWCI: 4.82
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Locations: Journal of Applied Psychology (publishedVersion)
Topics: Social Sciences › Education › Higher Education and Employability
Social Sciences › Education › Educational Outcomes and Influences
Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Employer Branding and e-HRM
Keywords: student grades, employee performance, predictive validity, hiring decisions, research artifacts, moderators

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