A reexamination of Black-White mean differences in work performance: More data, more moderators

• 成果类型: Article; Proceedings Paper
• 署名作者: McKay, Patrick F.; McDaniel, Michael A.
• 署名单位: University of Wisconsin System; University of Wisconsin Milwaukee; Virginia Commonwealth University
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0021-9010
• DOI: 10.1037/0021-9010.91.3.538
• 发表日期: 2006
• 页码: 538-554
• 关键词: race; mean differences; Job performance; Meta-analysis; criteria

摘要

This study is the 'largest meta-analysis to date of Black-White mean differences in work performance. The authors examined several moderators not addressed in previous research. Findings indicate that mean racial differences in performance favor Whites (d = 0.27). Effect sizes were most strongly moderated by criterion type and the cognitive loading of criteria, whereas data source and measurement level were influential moderators to a lesser extent. Greater mean differences were found for highly cognitively loaded criteria, data reported in unpublished sources, and for performance measures consisting of multiple item scales. On the basis of these findings, the authors hypothesize several potential determinants of mean racial differences in job performance.