Role of general mental ability in industrial, work, and organizational (IWO) psychology : a special double issue of human performance. Vol. 15, Numbers 1 and 2, 2002

This special issue summarizes the state of knowledge of __g__ as it relates to IWO psychology and masterfully draws out areas of question and contention. Each of the papers highlights similarities and differences among perspectives and sheds light on research needs for the future. The last article summarizes the major themes that run across all the articles and offers a review of contrasts in viewpoints. The final product will be informative and beneficial to researchers, graduate students, practitioners, and decision makers. Role Motivation Theories is concerned with four types of organisations and what makes them work. The four are not exhaustive of all possible organisational types but they do represent the major forms found in the world today. If we wish to understand organisational functioning in modern society then we need to have substantial insight into these four types of organisations. Drawing upon many years of research, John B. Miner argues that the organisational effectiveness required to produce high levels of productivity results from achieving a state of integration between the type of organizatonal system and the kind of people who fill the key positions in the system. Role Motivation Theores is the most comprehensive and up-to-date treatment of this work available This text addresses topics including: the role of general mental ability in industrial, work, and organizational (IWO) psychology; where and why "g" matters; cognitive and GMA testing in the European Community; and general mental ability and selection in private sector organizations. The 12 articles in this special issue summarize the state of knowledge of g as it relates to industrial, work and organizational psychology and draws out areas of question and contention