Salgado Velo, Jesús FernandoOtero Moral, InmaculadaMoscoso Ruibal, Silvia2020-03-272020-03-272019Salgado, J. F., Otero, I., Moscoso, S. (2019). Cognitive reflection and general mental ability as predictors of job performance. "Sustainability", 11(22), 6498http://hdl.handle.net/10347/20954This paper presents a study with four independent samples on the validity of cognitive reflection (CR) for predicting job performance and academic outcomes. The results showed that CR was a valid predictor of academic outcomes (i.e., grades and exam marks) and job performance (i.e., assessment center ratings). The magnitude of the CR validity was similar to the validity of GMA. Moreover, we found that CR and GMA were moderately correlated, and multiple regression analyses showed that CR added a small amount of validity over GMA validity for predicting both types of performance. Finally, we discuss the implications of the findings for the theory and practice of predicting performance and organizational sustainability.eng© 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Organizational sustainabilitySustainable employabilityCognitive reflectionJob performanceGrade point averageIncremental validityGeneral mental abilityDual-process theoryjournal article10.3390/su112264982071-1050open access