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Definition
A definition of intelligence that has been accepted by experts who specialize in the study of intelligence in the workplace was provided in a unique Wall Street Journal article (Arvey et al. 1994, p. A18):
Intelligence is a very general mental capability that, among other things, involves the ability to reason, plan, solve problems, think abstractly, comprehend complex ideas, learn quickly and learn from experience. It is not merely book learning, a narrow academic skill, or test-taking smarts. Rather, it reflects a deeper capability for comprehending our surroundings – “catching on,” “making sense” of things, or “figuring out what to do.”
Introduction
Employee job performance is often regarded as the most important criterion in the workplace (Bennett et al. 2006). Accordingly, it is not surprising that the search, over the years, for the most important predictors of job performance has been exhaustive, relentless, and...
Keywords
- Intelligence
- General mental ability
- Cognitive ability
- Industrial-organizational psychology
- Personnel assessment
- Preemployment testing
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Goffin, R. (2020). Intelligence in the Workplace. In: Zeigler-Hill, V., Shackelford, T.K. (eds) Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-24612-3_770
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