Overall Job Performance
Every factor researchers have brought together to explain overall job performance, combined from 4 study models into one ranked driver set — the model the priority engine reasons over.
18 drivers · 4 contributing models · Handbook entry →
§1The drivers, by consensus
Ranked by how many independent models include each driver (consensus), then pooled effect. “In N of 4” is a robustness signal — a driver in many models is one many researchers agreed matters; a driver in one is a single lead worth following.
| Driver | Consensus | Pooled r | Grade | Heterogeneity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conscientiousness | 3 / 4 | +0.22 | A | — |
| Structured Employment Interviews | 2 / 4 | +0.44 | A | — |
| General Mental Ability GMA | 2 / 4 | +0.43 | A | I²≈1.00 |
| Structured Interviews | 2 / 4 | +0.42 | A | — |
| Job Knowledge | 1 / 4 | +0.48 | A | — |
| Biographical Data Measures Biodata | 1 / 4 | +0.38 | A | — |
| Work Sample | 1 / 4 | +0.33 | A | — |
| Integrity | 1 / 4 | +0.31 | A | — |
| Assessment Centers | 1 / 4 | +0.28 | A | — |
| Reference Checks | 1 / 4 | +0.26 | A | — |
| Situational Judgment Tests | 1 / 4 | +0.26 | A | — |
| Job Experience Years | 1 / 4 | +0.18 | A | — |
| Neuroticism | 1 / 4 | −0.14 | A | — |
| Extraversion | 1 / 4 | +0.10 | A | — |
| Emotional Stability | 1 / 4 | +0.09 | A | — |
| Financial Incentives | 1 / 4 | — | A | study-reported |
| Job Knowledge Test | 1 / 4 | — | A | study-reported |
| Pay For Performance | 1 / 4 | — | A | study-reported |
“Pooled r” is the meta-analytic prior where one exists; drivers marked study-reported have a model but not yet a pooled prior — a concrete acquisition target. This is the value-of-information view in miniature: the priority engine can rank which driver to measure first by consensus, strength, and how much is still unknown.
§2The models it’s built from
Each contributing study model — the researcher’s theory of this outcome — with its size and grade, so the meta-model is auditable back to its sources.
| Source study | Predictors | Grade |
|---|---|---|
| doi:10.1037/apl0000994 | 10 | A |
| doi:10.1037/0033-2909.124.2.262 | 8 | A |
| doi:10.1037/0021-9010.85.6.869 | 3 | A |
| doi:10.1111/joop.12039 | 2 | A |