Practical Intelligence, g, and Work Psychology

WICS: A Model of Positive Educational Leadership Comprising Wisdom, Intelligence, and Creativity Synthesized

“…Moreover, these scores also contributed to the prediction even after everything else was entered first into the equation. In recent work on military leadership (Hedlund et al, 2003;Sternberg and Hedlund, 2002;, it was found, eighth, that scores of 562 participants on tests of tacit knowledge for military leadership predicted ratings of leadership effectiveness, whereas scores on a conventional test of intelligence and on a tacit-knowledge test for managers did not significantly predict the ratings of effectiveness.…”

The Rainbow Project: Enhancing the SAT through assessments of analytical, practical, and creative skills

“…They have defined this construct as the knowledge that one is not explicitly taught and that often is not even verbalized but that one needs to work effectively in an environment Sternberg & Hedlund, 2002;Sternberg, Wagner, & Okagaki, 1993;Sternberg, Wagner, Williams, & Horvath, 1995;Wagner, 1987;Wagner & Sternberg, 1986). Sternberg et al represent tacit knowledge in the form of production systems, or sequences of "if-then" statements that describe procedures one follows in various kinds of everyday situations .…”

Relationships Between Beliefs about Scientific Work and Creative Achievements in Science: A Preliminary Version of the Orientations Towards Scientific Work Scale

“…Orientation plays an adaptive function -the knowledge of "what to do and how", especially at the early stages of a scientific career, builds a feeling of security and supports motivation towards work. "Know-how" refers to tacit knowledge and may be an expression of practical intelligence (Sternberg & Hedlund, 2002). On the other hand however, the scientific environment forms the attitudes of young scientists, because of external expectations and standards.…”