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In my last post I discussed how personality, particularly negative personality facets, can influence the cognitive ability to performance relationship. In essence, negative personality can diminish the effects of cognitive ability on performance. I now want to turn our attention to a second factor that influences the cognitive ability to performance relationship: motivation.

When I speak of motivation, I am speaking of the commitment of the manager to perform managerial duties. In…

Last time I discussed the importance of cognitive ability on managerial performance. In fact, I propose that it is the primary predictor of performance. But there are a number of other characteristics of a manager that effect this relationship (we call these moderators); one of those is personality. 

Personality has been a focus of interest of researchers for many years, particularly in how personality influences performance. Unfortunately, the results are not as impressive as…

Over the last few postings I have outlined a model I believe will help us predict managerial performance. We have also investigated the outcome in this model, managerial performance, in more detail; namely, what performance is and who should rate it. What I would like to do over the next few posts is take a more in depth look at each of the predictor components of the model, specifically, cognitive ability, personality, motivation, and skills. Let's start with cognitive…

My last post took a brief diversion from the previous few posts, so now it is time to turn our attention back to managerial work. As I discussed in Part 4 of this thread, managerial performance is primarily influenced by cognitive ability, and this relationship is moderated (influenced) by the manager's personality, motivation, and skills. Before we get into the details of each of the variables of the model, I think it is important to first establish a clear definition of the outcome…