College education and police job performance: A ten-year study

Public Personnel Management

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 269-279

  Truxillo, Donald M ^a   Bennett, Suzanne R ^a   Collins, Michelle L ^a  

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EID: 0032091259     PISSN: 00910260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/009102609802700211     Document Type: Article

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2. 1 Gerald W. Lynch and Barbara R. Price, "Raising Police Recruit Standards Would Restore Public Faith," New York Times, 6 December 1995, A24 [Letter to the Editor]; "Higher Standards for Police Recruits," New York Times, 28 November 1995, A22 [Editorial].
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4. 2 Sonny S. Ariss and Sherman A. Timmins, "Employee Education and Job Performance: Does Education Matter?" Public Personnel Management 18 (1989): 1-9; Robert D. Bretz, Jr., "College Grade Point Average as a Predictor of Adult Success: A Meta-Analytic Review and Some Additional Evidence," Public Personnel Management 18 (1989): 11-22; David A. Dye and Martin Reck, "College Grade Point Average as a Predictor of Adult Success: A Reply," Public Personnel Management 18 (1989): 235-241; Robert J. Lavigna, "Predicting Job Performance from Background Characteristics: More Evidence from the Public Sector," Public Personnel Management 21 (1992): 347-361.
5. 2 Sonny S. Ariss and Sherman A. Timmins, "Employee Education and Job Performance: Does Education Matter?" Public Personnel Management 18 (1989): 1-9; Robert D. Bretz, Jr., "College Grade Point Average as a Predictor of Adult Success: A Meta-Analytic Review and Some Additional Evidence," Public Personnel Management 18 (1989): 11-22; David A. Dye and Martin Reck, "College Grade Point Average as a Predictor of Adult Success: A Reply," Public Personnel Management 18 (1989): 235-241; Robert J. Lavigna, "Predicting Job Performance from Background Characteristics: More Evidence from the Public Sector," Public Personnel Management 21 (1992): 347-361.
6. 2 Sonny S. Ariss and Sherman A. Timmins, "Employee Education and Job Performance: Does Education Matter?" Public Personnel Management 18 (1989): 1-9; Robert D. Bretz, Jr., "College Grade Point Average as a Predictor of Adult Success: A Meta-Analytic Review and Some Additional Evidence," Public Personnel Management 18 (1989): 11-22; David A. Dye and Martin Reck, "College Grade Point Average as a Predictor of Adult Success: A Reply," Public Personnel Management 18 (1989): 235-241; Robert J. Lavigna, "Predicting Job Performance from Background Characteristics: More Evidence from the Public Sector," Public Personnel Management 21 (1992): 347-361.
7. 3 Ariss and Timmins, 1989; George F. Dreher, Thomas W. Dougherty, & Bill Whitely, "Generalizability of MBA Degree and Socioeconomic Effects on Business School Graduates' Salaries," Journal of Applied Psychology 70 (1985): 769-773; Dye and Reck, 1989; Kenneth R. Ferns, "Educational Predictors of Professional Pay and Performance," Accounting, Organizations, and Society 7 (1982): 225-230; Ann Howard, "College Experiences and Managerial Performance," Journal of Applied Psychology 71 (1986): 530-552; Lavigna, 1992; Philip L. Roth, Craig A. BeVier, Fred S. Switzer, III, and Jeffery S. Schippmann, "Meta-Analyzing the Relationship Between Grades and Job Performance," (Poster presented at the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Annual Conference, April 1996).
8. 3 Ariss and Timmins, 1989; George F. Dreher, Thomas W. Dougherty, & Bill Whitely, "Generalizability of MBA Degree and Socioeconomic Effects on Business School Graduates' Salaries," Journal of Applied Psychology 70 (1985): 769-773; Dye and Reck, 1989; Kenneth R. Ferns, "Educational Predictors of Professional Pay and Performance," Accounting, Organizations, and Society 7 (1982): 225-230; Ann Howard, "College Experiences and Managerial Performance," Journal of Applied Psychology 71 (1986): 530-552; Lavigna, 1992; Philip L. Roth, Craig A. BeVier, Fred S. Switzer, III, and Jeffery S. Schippmann, "Meta-Analyzing the Relationship Between Grades and Job Performance," (Poster presented at the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Annual Conference, April 1996).
9. 3 Ariss and Timmins, 1989; George F. Dreher, Thomas W. Dougherty, & Bill Whitely, "Generalizability of MBA Degree and Socioeconomic Effects on Business School Graduates' Salaries," Journal of Applied Psychology 70 (1985): 769-773; Dye and Reck, 1989; Kenneth R. Ferns, "Educational Predictors of Professional Pay and Performance," Accounting, Organizations, and Society 7 (1982): 225-230; Ann Howard, "College Experiences and Managerial Performance," Journal of Applied Psychology 71 (1986): 530-552; Lavigna, 1992; Philip L. Roth, Craig A. BeVier, Fred S. Switzer, III, and Jeffery S. Schippmann, "Meta-Analyzing the Relationship Between Grades and Job Performance," (Poster presented at the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Annual Conference, April 1996).
10. 3 Ariss and Timmins, 1989; George F. Dreher, Thomas W. Dougherty, & Bill Whitely, "Generalizability of MBA Degree and Socioeconomic Effects on Business School Graduates' Salaries," Journal of Applied Psychology 70 (1985): 769-773; Dye and Reck, 1989; Kenneth R. Ferns, "Educational Predictors of Professional Pay and Performance," Accounting, Organizations, and Society 7 (1982): 225-230; Ann Howard, "College Experiences and Managerial Performance," Journal of Applied Psychology 71 (1986): 530-552; Lavigna, 1992; Philip L. Roth, Craig A. BeVier, Fred S. Switzer, III, and Jeffery S. Schippmann, "Meta-Analyzing the Relationship Between Grades and Job Performance," (Poster presented at the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Annual Conference, April 1996).
11. 3 Ariss and Timmins, 1989; George F. Dreher, Thomas W. Dougherty, & Bill Whitely, "Generalizability of MBA Degree and Socioeconomic Effects on Business School Graduates' Salaries," Journal of Applied Psychology 70 (1985): 769-773; Dye and Reck, 1989; Kenneth R. Ferns, "Educational Predictors of Professional Pay and Performance," Accounting, Organizations, and Society 7 (1982): 225-230; Ann Howard, "College Experiences and Managerial Performance," Journal of Applied Psychology 71 (1986): 530-552; Lavigna, 1992; Philip L. Roth, Craig A. BeVier, Fred S. Switzer, III, and Jeffery S. Schippmann, "Meta-Analyzing the Relationship Between Grades and Job Performance," (Poster presented at the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Annual Conference, April 1996).
12. 3 Ariss and Timmins, 1989; George F. Dreher, Thomas W. Dougherty, & Bill Whitely, "Generalizability of MBA Degree and Socioeconomic Effects on Business School Graduates' Salaries," Journal of Applied Psychology 70 (1985): 769-773; Dye and Reck, 1989; Kenneth R. Ferns, "Educational Predictors of Professional Pay and Performance," Accounting, Organizations, and Society 7 (1982): 225-230; Ann Howard, "College Experiences and Managerial Performance," Journal of Applied Psychology 71 (1986): 530-552; Lavigna, 1992; Philip L. Roth, Craig A. BeVier, Fred S. Switzer, III, and Jeffery S. Schippmann, "Meta-Analyzing the Relationship Between Grades and Job Performance," (Poster presented at the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Annual Conference, April 1996).
13. 3 Ariss and Timmins, 1989; George F. Dreher, Thomas W. Dougherty, & Bill Whitely, "Generalizability of MBA Degree and Socioeconomic Effects on Business School Graduates' Salaries," Journal of Applied Psychology 70 (1985): 769-773; Dye and Reck, 1989; Kenneth R. Ferns, "Educational Predictors of Professional Pay and Performance," Accounting, Organizations, and Society 7 (1982): 225-230; Ann Howard, "College Experiences and Managerial Performance," Journal of Applied Psychology 71 (1986): 530-552; Lavigna, 1992; Philip L. Roth, Craig A. BeVier, Fred S. Switzer, III, and Jeffery S. Schippmann, "Meta-Analyzing the Relationship Between Grades and Job Performance," (Poster presented at the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Annual Conference, April 1996).
14. 4 Ariss and Timmins, 1989; Dye and Reck, 1989; Ferris, 1982; Lavigna, 1992.
15. 5 Howard, 1986.
16. 6 Dreher, Dougherty, and Whitely, 1985; Ferris, 1982; Thomas W. Harrell and Margaret S. Harrell, "Relation of Second Year MBA Grades to Business Earnings," Personnel Psychology 27 (1974): 487-491.
17. 6 Dreher, Dougherty, and Whitely, 1985; Ferris, 1982; Thomas W. Harrell and Margaret S. Harrell, "Relation of Second Year MBA Grades to Business Earnings," Personnel Psychology 27 (1974): 487-491.
18. 7 Timothy A. Judge, Daniel A. Cable, John W. Boudreau, and Robert D. Bretz, "An Empirical Investigation of the Predictors of Executive Career Success," Personnel Psychology 48 (1995): 485-519.
19. 8 Howard, 1986.
20. 9 e.g., Wayne F. Cascio, "Formal Education and Police Officer Performance," Journal of Police Science and Administration 5 (1977): 89-96; Roy R. Roberg, "An Analysis of the Relationships Among Higher Education, Belief Systems, and Job Performance of Patrol Officers," Journal of Police Science and Administration 6 (1978): 336-344.
21. 9 e.g., Wayne F. Cascio, "Formal Education and Police Officer Performance," Journal of Police Science and Administration 5 (1977): 89-96; Roy R. Roberg, "An Analysis of the Relationships Among Higher Education, Belief Systems, and Job Performance of Patrol Officers," Journal of Police Science and Administration 6 (1978): 336-344.
22. 10 Howard, 1986.
23. 11 Harrell and Harrell, 1974.
24. 12 See Murray R. Barrick and Michael K. Mount, "The Big Five Personality Dimensions and Job Performance: A Meta-Analysis," Personnel Psychology 44 (1991): 1-26.
25. 13 H. John Bernardin and Donna K. Cooke, "Validity of an Honesty Test in Predicting Theft among Convenience Store Employees," Academy of Management Journal 39 (1993): 1097-1108. Deniz S. Ones, Chockalingam Viswesvaran, and Frank L. Schmidt, "Comprehensive Meta-Analysis of Integrity Test Validities: Findings and Implications for Personnel Selection and Theories of Job Performance," Journal of Applied Psychology 78 (1993): 679-703.
26. 13 H. John Bernardin and Donna K. Cooke, "Validity of an Honesty Test in Predicting Theft among Convenience Store Employees," Academy of Management Journal 39 (1993): 1097-1108. Deniz S. Ones, Chockalingam Viswesvaran, and Frank L. Schmidt, "Comprehensive Meta-Analysis of Integrity Test Validities: Findings and Implications for Personnel Selection and Theories of Job Performance," Journal of Applied Psychology 78 (1993): 679-703.
27. 14 Dye and Reck, 1989.
28. 15 Bretz, 1989.
29. 16 Dye and Reck, 1989; Roth, BeVier, Switzer, and Schippmann, 1996.
30. 17 "Higher Standards for Police Recruits," 1995.
31. 18 Dye and Reck, 1989.