Literature Review: Utility of Temperament, Biodata, and Interest Assessment for Predicting Job Performance. Revision

摘要

The research described was performed under Project A, the U.S. Army's large-scale, multiyear manpower and personnel effort for improving the selection, classification, and utilization of Army enlisted personnel. This report is one of three derived from an extensive literature review aimed at identifying many types of constructs that might be used to enhance the accuracy of the present Army screening system (the other two reports deal, respectively, with cognitive abilities and psychomotor abilities). The present report is divided into three sections, each dealing with the utility of one type of information for predicting job performance. The section on temperament discusses traits as the basis for temperament assessment, several methods of scale construction, comparison of psychometric properties, a proposed taxonomy of temperament scales, criterion-related validity, and various moderator variables. The section on biographical data discusses measurement methods and concerns, structure and conceptual issues, and validity research. The section on interest assessment discusses various methods of measuring interests, models and theories, and validity research.