Academic and Occupational Performance

A Quantitative Synthesis

Bibliographic Data

ID8222630
AuthorsGordon E Samson (Cleveland State University, corresponding author), Elizabeth Graue (0000-0002-5839-5450, University of Illinois Chicago), M Elizabeth Graue (University of Illinois Chicago), Thomas Weinstein (University of Illinois Chicago), Herbert J Walberg (University of Illinois Chicago)
Year1984
Volume21
Issue2
Pages311
Publication date1984-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Educational Research Journal (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-8312 • E-ISSN: 1935-1011
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2307/1162446
OpenAlexW4241786392
LanguageEN
Citations received9
References cited1

Computer searches of three data bases and hand searches of four major review articles yielded 35 studies of the association between academic and occupational performance in various fields completed since 1950. The study-weighted mean of the 209 correlations is .155, and the standard deviation is .176. Although highly significant, academic indicators such as grades and test scores account on average for only 2.4% of the variance in occupational performance criteria such as income, job satisfaction, and effectiveness ratings. Predictions of occupational performance from academic indexes were somewhat higher in business and nursing, somewhat lower in teaching and engineering, and not significant for MD’s and PhD’s. The correlation magnitudes depend on several characteristics of the studies and their populations

Correlation · Econometrics · Economics · Job satisfaction · Standard deviation · Statistics · Test (biology · Variance (accounting · Accounting · Evaluation of Teaching Practices · Human Resource Development and Performance Evaluation · Mathematics · Occupational Health and Safety Research · Psychology · Social Psychology

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