Role of ability and prior job knowledge in complex training performance
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A causal model of the role of general cognitive ability and prior job knowledge in subsequent job-knowledge acquisition and work-sample performance during training was developed. Participants were 3,428 U.S. Air Force officers in pilot training. The measures of ability and prior job knowledge came from the Air Force Officer Qualifying Test. The measures of job knowledge acquired during training were derived from classroom grades. Work-sample measures came from check flight ratings. The causal model showed that ability directly influenced the acquisition of job knowledge. General cognitive ability influenced work samples through job knowledge. Prior job knowledge had almost no influence on subsequent job knowledge but directly influenced the early work sample. Early training job knowledge influenced subsequent job knowledge and work-sample performance. Finally, early work-sample performance strongly influenced subsequent work-sample performance. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)
Publication Name: Journal of Applied Psychology
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0021-9010
Year: 1995
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On predicting success in training for men and women: examples from Marine Corps clerical specialities
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The presence of differences between prediction systems for men and women is investigated through a detailed study of clerical occupational specialties in the U.S. Marine Corps. When various measures of ability were used to predict success of recruits in training, sizeable differences in regression equations were found between men and women. The study showed that selected deletion of extraneous Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) variables maintained overall predictive efficiency but did not entirely remove the differences between subgroup regressions. When the attainment of a high-school diploma was considered, however, subgroup differences between predicted scores were substantially reduced. Implications of these empirical results for the general problem of military personnel selection are discussed. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)
Publication Name: Journal of Applied Psychology
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0021-9010
Year: 1988
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Effects of trainee-generated versus trainer-provided rule codes on generalization in behavior-modeling training
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Rule coding related to behavior modeling situations involving employee training is analyzed for the effects of employer-provided versus employee-provided rule coding. In the research, which analyzed the actions and behavior patterns of 15 hospital supervisors who were selected to participate in a training program, 78 percent of the post-training performance variance was related to trainee-generated rule codings. The research also noted that trainee-generated codings were generally similar to trainer-provided codings, but that the content of trainee codings was of inferior quality.
Publication Name: Journal of Applied Psychology
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0021-9010
Year: 1986
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