A meta-analysis of realistic job preview experiments.

Abstract

A quantitative meta-analysis of 21 "realistic job preview" (RJP) experiments was conducted. Eight criteria were used to assess the effects of RJPs, and for four of these, the variance around the mean effect size can be explained methodologically as a result of sampling error, differences among studies in measurement reliability, or as a result of a single "outlier" study. Only one moderator was found. Considering all eight criteria together, the average amount of variance attributable to sampling error alone is 74.2%. Thus, recent speculation about the possible moderating effects of "personal" or "situational" variables seems unwarranted. The magnitude (absolute values) of the "effect sizes" of RJPs ranged from 3 -.02 to d = .34. The direction of the effects was generally consistent with previous thinking. That is, RJPs tend to lower initial job expectations, while increasing self-selection, organizational commitment, job satisfaction, performance, and job survival. 706This document is copyrighted by the American Psychological Association or one of its allied publishers.This article is intended solely for the personal use of the individual user and is not to be disseminated broadly.

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