Dear Community,
I'd like to ask if you know any studies on the predictive validity of certain individual differences and/or personality traits as predictors for job performance. I'm interested in very specific occupational group (an this group only), that is the quality assurance specialist (software testers).
I struggle with finding such studies, and I believe this is due to the issue with key-words selection. If you happen to know any study from I/O psychology field (or any other similar field) on that matter, I'll be grateful for a recommendation.
Best regards,
Jaroslaw
Jaroslaw Grobelny My first thought was in recruitment within Entreprenology we talk sometimes about the teachability index. But maybe researchers within the Big five can have something. The attached article might give you some tips and touches big five, General mental ability, personality, and job performance
Speaking from (short) experience in QA and software UX, testers are a fairly niche occupation to study, and the required skillset may vary greatly depending on what kind of software you're looking at.
Smaller software companies don't need a full QA department so sometimes it's a process that's directly part of a software developer skillset, which is an occupational group that has probably received more attention in terms of individual differences.
Otherwise look at O*NET 's description of the role and more specifically the interests, work styles, and work values. These could be tied into Big Five and individual differences fairly straightforwardly.
https://www.onetonline.org/link/details/15-1253.00
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