Abstract
This paper reports a field study of 17 recognized “Employers of Choice” in a Midwestern metropolitan area of the U.S. that examined overarching assumptions regarding the relationship between college/university degrees and job performance. Using data gathered from 129 matched pairs of managerial employees and their immediate superior, a multivariate general linear model was employed to test hypotheses concerning core job performance and contextual job performance. After controlling for the influence of potential confounding variables, results indicated a statistically significant positive relationship between holding an undergraduate degree and measures of job performance (both task and contextual), but the relationship was complicated by an interaction with the gender of the respondent. Further, the effect size of the significant relationships was rather small and this raises issues regarding the practical significance of undergraduate degrees on job performance. The paper concludes with a discussion of the implications of this study regarding assumptions about college and university degrees and human capital.
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