Effects of Personality, Cognitive Ability, and Fit of Job Search and Separation Among Employed Managers

The present study attempted to provide a constructive replication and extension of a study on managerial job search completed by Bretz, Boudreau, and Judge (1994). Beyond examining the same variables as Bretz et al. (1994), the effects of personality, cognitive ability, challenge and hindrance relat...

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Published inIDEAS Working Paper Series from RePEc
Main Authors Boudreau, J W, Boswell, W R, Judge, T A, Bretz Jr, RD
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LanguageEnglish
Published St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 01.01.1998
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Cognitive ability
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Summary:The present study attempted to provide a constructive replication and extension of a study on managerial job search completed by Bretz, Boudreau, and Judge (1994). Beyond examining the same variables as Bretz et al. (1994), the effects of personality, cognitive ability, challenge and hindrance related job stress, and fit on job search and turnover also were examined. Data were collected from a 1995 survey of employed U.S. managers and a 1996 follow-up survey of respondents. Results based on a sample of 1,886 managers generally replicated the Bretz et al. results. Furthermore, hindrance related stress, cognitive ability, extraversion, openness to experience, and agreeableness were associated with search and/or separation.