Predicting Job Performance of Youth Trainees under a Job Training Partnership Act Program (JTPA): Criterion Validation of a Behavior-Based Measure of Work Maturity.

Love, Kevin G.; O'Hara, Kirk

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Publication Date: 1987

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Predicting Job Performance of Youth Trainees under a Job Training Partnership Act Program (JTPA): Criterion Validation of a Behavior-Based Measure of Work Maturity.

Love, Kevin G.; O'Hara, Kirk

Personnel Psychology, v40 n2 p323-40 Sum 1987

Demonstrates the criterion-related validity of behavior-based measure of work maturity. Measured the work-maturity levels of 142 youth enrollees in a job training program sponsored by the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA). Time Consciousness and Sociability predicted a weighted composite criterion composed of ten job performance dimensions. Recommends studies that combine cognitive and behavioral measures. (Author/KS)

Descriptors: Construct Validity, Job Training, Measures (Individuals), Predictive Validity, Predictor Variables, Trainees, Vocational Maturity, Work Attitudes, Youth

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Language: English

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