Cognitive ability predicts objectively measured counterproductive work behaviors

• 成果类型: Article; Proceedings Paper
• 署名作者: Dilchert, Stephan; Ones, Deniz S.; Davis, Robert D.; Rostow, Cary D.
• 署名单位: University of Minnesota System; University of Minnesota Twin Cities
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0021-9010
• DOI: 10.1037/0021-9010.92.3.616
• 发表日期: 2007
• 页码: 616-627
• 关键词: Cognitive ability; intelligence; COUNTERPRODUCTIVE WORK BEHAVIORS; organizational deviance; police

摘要

Over the past 2 decades, increasing attention has been directed at the relationship between individual differences and counterproductive work behaviors (WVB). However, most of this research has focused on personality variables as potential predictors of CWB; surprisingly little research has investigated the link between counterproductivity and cognitive ability. This study presents the first focal investigation of the cognitive ability-CWB relationship. The authors measured organizational and interpersonal CWB using organizational records of formally recorded incidents (e.g., destruction of property, physical violence). In a predictive study, for a large sample of law enforcement job applicants, a standardized psychometric test of cognitive ability predicted CWB, whereas educational attainment did not.