Reviews the hundreds of studies showing that general cognitive ability predicts job performance in all jobs. Shows that general cognitive ability predicts supervisor ratings and training success and that general cognitive ability predicts objective, rigorously content valid work sample performance with even higher validity. (Author/ABB)

Reviews relationships of vocational interests with vocational-relevant variables (ability, success, and satisfaction). Results indicate no correlations between interests and actual relevant abilities and performance, but that a positive relationship exists with satisfaction. Suggests cognitive functions may mediate between actual abilities,…

In the Theory of Work Adjustment (TWA), Dawis and Lofquist (1984) hypothesize that Employee satisfaction (ES) and flexibility of the work environment moderate the functional relationship between satisfaction in the work environment (WS) and the correspondence between job requirements and employees' abilities. In addition, they hypothesize that…