Overall Job Performance
The criterion-taxonomy ROOT: an individual's total job contribution, modeled as a composite of the higher-order performance dimensions — task performance, contextual performance/OCB, adaptive performance, and (negatively) counterproductive work behavior (Campbell 1990; Rotundo & Sackett 2002 relative-weights). The shared criterion that selection predicts and development targets, and that aggregates to team-capability. Established literature construct.
§1How it’s measured
This is a behavioral construct — an event recorded in HR systems, not a self-report. It is measured as an operational metric with a formula, not a questionnaire; a Likert scale here would be a category error.
Percentage of employees in each performance rating category · percentage§3The math on what we know
Synthesized priors from the live registry: pooled r, studies (k), total N, top study grade, and heterogeneity. Rows flagged for heterogeneity or single-study evidence are directional, not settled — read them as a central tendency.
What drives overall job performance
| Predictor | r | k | N | Grade | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Psychological Capital PsyCap | +0.46 | 2 | 100 | A | — |
| Structured Employment Interviews | +0.44 | 2 | 12,897 | A | coherent |
| General Mental Ability GMA | +0.43 | 5 | 59,563 | A | I²≈1.00 |
| Emotional Intelligence Ei | +0.36 | 5 | 41,308 | A | I²≈0.99 |
| Work Self Efficacy | +0.32 | 2 | 21,666 | A | — |
| Conscientiousness | +0.22 | 3 | 27,854 | A | coherent |
| Job Knowledge | +0.48 | 1 | 50 | A | single study |
| Structured Interviews | +0.42 | 1 | 50 | A | single study |
| Biographical Data Measures Biodata | +0.38 | 1 | 50 | A | single study |
| Work Sample | +0.33 | 1 | 50 | A | single study |
What overall job performance predicts
| Outcome | r | k | N | Grade | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Voluntary Turnover | −0.21 | 1 | 111,562 | A | single study |
§4As a model node
Where overall job performance sits when you drop it into a model — what feeds it, what it moves. Read left to right as a small, actionable causal claim.
Inputs (drivers)
- Psychological Capital PsyCap+0.46
- Structured Employment Interviews+0.44
- General Mental Ability GMA+0.43
- Emotional Intelligence Ei+0.36
Outputs (outcomes)
- Voluntary Turnover−0.21