The Interaction Between Conscientiousness and General Mental Ability: Support for a Compensatory Interaction in Task Performance

Harris, Alexandra M; Kung, Mei-Chuan; Tocci, Michael C.; Boyce, Anthony S.; Weekley, Jeff A.; Guenole, Nigel; Carter, Nathan T.

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“…As far as the relationship between task performance and conscientiousness is concerned, meta-analytical studies conducted in the 1990s and early 2000s found that conscientiousness is a predictor of performance across different occupations (Barrick et al, 2001;Salgado, 1997;Tett and Meyer, 2006). Recent studies also continue to show a positive association between conscientiousness and task performance (Ellershaw et al, 2016;Harris-Watson et al, 2022;Judge et al, 2013;Lin et al, 2015Lin et al, , 2020Neal et al, 2012;Schrempft et al, 2021). One possible explanation for this is that the characteristics associated with conscientiousness, such as hard working and persistence, are all likely to foster a thorough accomplishment of tasks.…”

Section: Dependent Variables-task Performance and Life Satisfactionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Dealing with work overload in the IT industry

Mosquera,

Soares

2024

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PurposeWork overload has become a relevant issue in the Information Technology (IT) industry, with negative effects for individuals and organizations alike. This study aims to analyse the role of personal resources in a broad model regarding the effects of work overload on performance and well-being for the particular case of IT professionals. Considering the specificities of the IT industry, three personal resources were included in this study: one stable personality variable (conscientiousness) and two more malleable variables (work-life balance and psychological detachment).Design/methodology/approachTo test the model, the authors use a sample of 144 IT Portuguese professionals. The authors collected data through an online questionnaire shared in social networks and IT social network communities. The authors use partial least squares (PLS) for data analysis.FindingsThe results show that work overload negatively impacts on employees’ life satisfaction, psychological detachment, work-life balance and task performance. Conscientiousness is positively related with two positive outcomes: task performance and life satisfaction. Work-life balance has a mediating effect in the relationship between work overload and life satisfaction.Practical implicationsThese findings emphasize the need to promote conscientiousness in IT professionals, as well as reduce workload and promote family-friendly working environments to foster work-life balance and life satisfaction.Originality/valueBy testing this model, the authors aim to contribute to the current knowledge on the role of personal resources in the Job Demands-Resources model, which is still unclear and under-researched.

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Section: Dependent Variables-task Performance and Life Satisfactionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Dealing with work overload in the IT industry

Mosquera,

Soares

2024

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“…Cognitive ability can also be seen as a reliable but complex contributor to workplace performance. For example, cognitive ability contributes to workplace attitudes ( Anglim et al 2019 ), and interacts variably with other individual differences, such as conscientiousness, depending on task and context ( Harris-Watson et al 2022 ). While these findings are of interest due to the insight they provide into human behaviour generally, they are also of great consequence.…”

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Selecting for Learning Potential: Is Implicit Learning the New Cognitive Ability?

Montuori¹,

Montefiori

2022

J. Intell.

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For decades, the field of workplace selection has been dominated by evidence that cognitive ability is the most important factor in predicting performance. Meta-analyses detailing the contributions of a wide-range of factors to workplace performance show that cognitive ability’s contribution is partly mediated by the learning of task-relevant skills and job-specific declarative knowledge. Further, there is evidence to suggest that this relationship is a function of task complexity, and partially mediated by learning performance in workplace induction and training activities. Simultaneously, evidence is mounting that stable individual differences in implicit learning exist, which are at least partially independent of traditional measures of intelligence. In this article we provide an overview of recent advances in our understanding of implicit learning, outline some of the advantages offered by its measurement, and highlight some of the challenges associated with its adoption as a measure of interest.

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“… Murray et al ( 2014 ) argued and demonstrated that the true association between conscientiousness and IQ may be zero or positive at the population level but that the use of selected research samples has sometimes resulted in the appearance of a negative association. More recently, Harris-Watson et al ( 2022 ) tested employee samples and found, in three of four samples, that the results supported a “nuanced compensatory mechanism”, showing that conscientiousness compensates for low to moderate GMA, but high conscientiousness may be detrimental to task performance in high-GMA individuals. Clearly, there remains much dispute over this theory.…”

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Intelligence, Personality and Tolerance of Ambiguity

Cuppello

Treglown

2023

J. Intell.

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In this study, 3836 adults completed a personality test (the HPTI) and a multidimensional intelligence test (GIA). Two prominent theories that link personality traits to intelligence (compensation and investment) were tested. There were more sex differences in the personality traits than in the IQ scores. Correlational and regression analyses results provided little evidence for either theory but pointed to the role of tolerance of ambiguity as a consistently significant, positive correlate of IQ at both the facet and domain levels. The role of this neglected trait is discussed. Limitations of various aspects of this study and its implications are considered.

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The Interaction Between Conscientiousness and General Mental Ability: Support for a Compensatory Interaction in Task Performance

Abstract: https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/30638/ The version presented here may differ from the published, performed or presented work. Please go to the persistent GRO record above for more information.

Cited by 4 publications

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Dealing with work overload in the IT industry

Dealing with work overload in the IT industry

Selecting for Learning Potential: Is Implicit Learning the New Cognitive Ability?

Intelligence, Personality and Tolerance of Ambiguity

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