RT Journal Article
T1 Meta-analysis of the validity of general mental ability for five performance criteria: Hunter and Hunter (1984) revisited
A1 Salgado Velo, Jesús Fernando
A1 Moscoso Ruibal, Silvia
K1 General mental ability
K1 Meta-analysis
K1 Job performance ratings
K1 Grades
K1 Production records
K1 Instructor ratings
K1 Work sample test
K1 Training
AB This paper presents a series of meta-analyses of the validity of general mental ability (GMA) for predicting five occupational criteria, including supervisory ratings of job performance, production records, work sample tests, instructor ratings, and grades. The meta-analyses were conducted with a large database of 467 technical reports of the validity of the General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB) which included 630 independent samples. GMA showed to be a consistent predictor of the five criteria, but the magnitude of the operational validity was not the same across the five criteria. Results also showed that job complexity is a moderator of the GMA validity for the performance criteria. We also found that the GMA validity estimates are slightly smaller than the previous ones obtained by Hunter and Hunter (1984). Finally, we discuss the implications of these findings for the research and practice of personnel selection
PB Frontiers Media
YR 2019
FD 2019
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10347/20961
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10347/20961
LA eng
NO Salgado JF and Moscoso S (2019) Meta-Analysis of the Validity of General Mental Ability for Five Performance Criteria: Hunter and Hunter (1984) Revisited. Front. Psychol. 10:2227. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02227
NO This research reported in this article was supported by Grant PSI2017-87603-P from the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness
DS Minerva
RD 24 abr 2026