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Measuring Achievement Striving via a Situational Judgment Test: The Value of Additional Context

Year: 2020

Type: article

Abstract: The study extends personality and situational judgment test (SJT) research by using an SJT to measure achievement striving in a contextualized manner. Employed students responded to the achievement striving SJT, traditional personality scales, and workplace performance measures. The SJT was internally consistent, items loaded on a single factor, and scores converged with other measures of achievement striving. The SJT provided incremental criterion-related validity for the performance criteria beyond less-contextualized achievement striving measures. Findings suggest that achievement-related work scenarios may provide additional criterion-relevant information not captured by measures that are less contextualized.

Source: Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology

DOI: 10.5093/jwop2020a15

Authors: Juliya Golubovich, Christopher J. Lake, Cristina Anguiano-Carrasco, Jacob Seybert

Institution: Kansas State University

Language: Spanish

Topic: Psychological Testing and Assessment

Subfield: Applied Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

Funder: Educational Testing Service

OpenAlex ID: W3043158573