A Meta-Analytic Study of General Mental Ability Validity for Different Occupations in the European Community

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1068-1081

  Salgado, Jesús F ^a   Moscoso, Silvia ^a   De Fruyt, Filip ^b   Anderson, Neil ^c   Bertua, Cristina ^d   Rolland, Jean Pierre ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PARIS OUEST NANTERRE LA DÉFENSE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APTITUDE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; META ANALYSIS; OCCUPATION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY;

APTITUDE; COGNITION; EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; OCCUPATIONS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0344197500     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-9010.88.6.1068     Document Type: Article

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