Approaches to the Prediction of Job Success: II. The Factorial Inventory.
Abstract
When tests are prepared for the prediction of job success, knowledge is needed of the various aspects of job proficiency. The present study attempted to find some of these aspects. An inventory was prepared of items considered by factor-analysts to be effective measures of individual differences in behavior. Selected items were checked for meaningfulness to aircraft mechanics and for power of discriminating between mechanics. A revised inventory was administered to a sample of 383 supervisors of airplane and engine mechanics, who were required to describe a mechanic in terms of the inventory. A square root factor analysis was made of the results. The relation was also found of each item to the supervisors' overall rating of the mechanic whom they had described. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 31, 1954
- Accession Number
- AD0727733
Entities
People
- Charles Wrigley
- K. Patricia Cross
- Louis L. Mcquitty
Organizations
- University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign