What implications might this inverted U relationship have for selecting employees? How might we use this information to further develop and train employees in low and high complexity jobs?
I wonder if some sectors of industry have different looking inverted U shapes. For instance, wall street guys might start off with high performance but I would expect an early and gradual decline in this job. How do incentives/salary affect this relationship?
"Over time, experience becomes more predictive of job performance in high complexity jobs." I found this to be an important moderator- job complexity. I know of MDs that are going strong in their late 70s (Heaney on the imp. of Vitamin D). Helpful article. I wish I had more time with it.
Does the finding cited in this article that the effects of job experience may not be linear, and that one year of job experience may have a greater relative impact on performance when job experience is low rather than high point to the importance of creating new opportunities for learning and advancement to more complex jobs as a management initiative that may produce a higher performing workforce?
If applicants have low experience for an entry level job that is low in complexity, how much can training account for future performance? In addition, seniority seems to be considered positive, although it is still often heard of to lay off older employees.
What implications might this inverted U relationship have for selecting employees? How might we use this information to further develop and train employees in low and high complexity jobs?
ReplyDeleteHow might stereotype about age affect these findings?
ReplyDeleteI wonder if some sectors of industry have different looking inverted U shapes. For instance, wall street guys might start off with high performance but I would expect an early and gradual decline in this job. How do incentives/salary affect this relationship?
ReplyDelete"Over time, experience becomes more predictive of job performance in high complexity jobs." I found this to be an important moderator- job complexity. I know of MDs that are going strong in their late 70s (Heaney on the imp. of Vitamin D). Helpful article. I wish I had more time with it.
ReplyDeleteDoes the finding cited in this article that the effects of job experience may not be linear, and that one year of job experience may have a greater relative impact on performance when job experience is low rather than high point to the importance of creating new opportunities for learning and advancement to more complex jobs as a management initiative that may produce a higher performing workforce?
ReplyDeleteIf applicants have low experience for an entry level job that is low in complexity, how much can training account for future performance? In addition, seniority seems to be considered positive, although it is still often heard of to lay off older employees.
ReplyDeleteThis reminds me of the classic time and motion studies - I think a more thorough examination of moderators would be quite useful...
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