Occupational Congruence and Personal Task-Related Attributes: How Do They Relate to Work Performance?

This study investigated the combined and unique contributions of occupational congruence, work-related ability, and personality to predicting two measures of work performance (peer ratings and superior ratings), using data collected for 359 military officers. The results indicate that personality and congruence relate to performance as rated by both superiors and peers (i.e., the introversion-extroversion personality factor correlated r = -0.15, p < .01 with peer ratings; one congruence measure correlated r = 0.19, p < .01 with superior ratings; and three congruence measures correlated r = 0.60, r = 0.43, and r = 0.45, p < .01 with peer ratings). The ramifications of the results are discussed in the context of the combined theoretical framework suggested by Tziner and Meir.