ERIC Number: EJ971853
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Publication Date: 2012-Aug
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Work Ethic and Academic Performance: Predicting Citizenship and Counterproductive Behavior
Meriac, John P.
Learning and Individual Differences, v22 n4 p549-553 Aug 2012
In this study, work ethic was examined as a predictor of academic performance, compared with standardized test scores and high school grade point average (GPA). Academic performance was expanded to include student organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) and student counterproductive behavior, comprised of cheating and disengagement, in addition to college GPA. Results indicated that work ethic explained incremental variance in student OCB, cheating and disengagement beyond standardized test scores or high school GPA. However, work ethic did not explain incremental variance in college GPA. Specific work ethic dimensions were related to each outcome. These findings provide support for the importance of non-cognitive variables in academic contexts, particularly when considering an expanded performance domain. In addition, results provide additional validity evidence for the nature of work ethic as a multidimensional construct. (Contains 2 tables.)
Descriptors: Evidence, Citizenship, Grade Point Average, Cheating, Standardized Tests, Academic Achievement, Work Ethic, Predictor Variables, Scores, High Schools, Student Behavior, Behavior Problems, Validity
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Language: English
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