Social-collaborative complexity of work: Implications for ability test validities

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dc.contributor.advisorDipboye, Robert L.en_US
dc.creatorGehrlein, Thomas Marken_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-06-04T00:13:36Zen_US
dc.date.available2009-06-04T00:13:36Zen_US
dc.date.issued1993en_US
dc.description.abstractThe social, collaborative, interpersonal, and interdependence demands of jobs, referred to as social-collaborative complexity (SCC), are rapidly expanding in the work place. One implication for human resources research is that the criterion-related validities of basic ability tests might be affected. This possibility is provocative, because although much research has shown that basic ability tests generally are valid predictors of performance in a wide range of jobs, increased SCC might modify that conclusion. Thus, a field study and a laboratory experiment were concurrently conducted to explore whether SCC moderates ability test validities. In the field study, measures of SCC for a wide range of jobs were obtained from the Position Analysis Questionnaire and the Dictionary of Occupational Titles. For these same jobs, General Aptitude Test Battery validities were obtained from the United States Employment Service. Results suggested that several job-related measures of SCC significantly moderated GATB validities. Furthermore, the moderating effects of SCC were independent of the more predictable moderating effects of other job demands. The lab experiment was conducted to explore whether motivational aspects of SCC moderated test validities. Specifically, the effects of accountability on task performance and test validity were explored in individual and group contexts. Subjects in the 2 x 2 experiment completed, among other measures, a creative thinking ability test and a brainstorming task. Results suggested that ability, accountability, and social context interacted to affect performance, and accountability and social context both moderated test validity in a "moderated moderator" effect. Implications for the work place and suggestions for future research are discussed.en_US
dc.format.extent110 p.en_US
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen_US
dc.identifier.callnoThesis Psych. 1993 Gehrleinen_US
dc.identifier.citationGehrlein, Thomas Mark. "Social-collaborative complexity of work: Implications for ability test validities." (1993) Diss., Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/16621">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/16621</a>.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/16621en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsCopyright is held by the author, unless otherwise indicated. Permission to reuse, publish, or reproduce the work beyond the bounds of fair use or other exemptions to copyright law must be obtained from the copyright holder.en_US
dc.subjectIndustrial psychologyen_US
dc.subjectPsychologyen_US
dc.subjectPsychometricsen_US
dc.titleSocial-collaborative complexity of work: Implications for ability test validitiesen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.type.materialTexten_US
thesis.degree.departmentPsychologyen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineSocial Sciencesen_US
thesis.degree.grantorRice Universityen_US
thesis.degree.levelDoctoralen_US
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophyen_US
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