General Mental Ability in the World of Work: Occupational Attainment and Job Performance

The psychological construct of general mental ability (GMA), introduced by C. Spearman (1904) nearly 100 years ago, has enjoyed a resurgence of interest and attention in recent decades. This article presents the research evidence that GMA predicts both occupational level attained and performance wit...

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Published in:Journal of personality and social psychology 2004-01, Vol.86 (1), p.162-173
Main Authors: Schmidt, Frank L, Hunter, John
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Ability
Achievement
Aptitudes
Attainment
Career Mobility
Careers
Cognition
Cognition & reasoning
Cognitive Ability
Cognitive psychology
Human
Humans
Intelligence
Job Experience Level
Job Performance
Job Satisfaction
Occupational achievement
Occupational status
Occupational Success
Occupations
Performance appraisal
Predictive Value of Tests
Psychological research
Psychology
Reproducibility of Results
Surveys and Questionnaires
Theories
Work
Work experience
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