Vocational Interests, Personality and Effective Police Performance.

Johnson, John A.; Hogan, Robert

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Publication Date: 1981

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Vocational Interests, Personality and Effective Police Performance.

Johnson, John A.; Hogan, Robert

Personnel Psychology, v34 n1 p49-53 Spr 1981

Vocational scales other than those describing the occupational group in question may often predict job performance. A case is reported using Holland's Self Directed Search and two groups of policemen. Scores on the Artistic and Conventional scales consistently predict effective performance as a patrolman. (Author)

Descriptors: Career Choice, Interest Inventories, Job Performance, Personality Traits, Police, Predictive Validity, Psychological Testing, Vocational Interests

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Self Directed Search

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