The objective of this study was to investigate how well the academic performance of the
Industrial and Organisational Psychology master’s students at a research institution can be
predicted through psychometric measures. A non-experimental design was used in this
empirical study. The sample consisted of one hundred and thirty-three IO Psychology master’s
students over a five-year period.
The secondary data for this research originated from the students completing the Graduate
Verify Ability tests as well as the Occupational Personality Questionnaire, which are
psychometric measures that form part of the selection. Both psychometric measures load onto
the Person Job Match competencies. A theoretical relationship could be found between the
Ability tests and academic success as well as the PJM competencies that included weighted
scores from both psychometric measures. The empirical relationships, therefore, proved that
the ability tests have the strongest predictive ability for academic success. / Industrial and Organisational Psychology / M. Com. (Industrial and Organisational Psychology)
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:unisa/oai:uir.unisa.ac.za:10500/26757 |
| Date | 10 1900 |
| Creators | Olivier, Karina Cornelia |
| Contributors | Barnard, Helene Antoni, Van Niekerk, A. |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
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