ABSTRACT

Cognitive complexity represents the extent to which individuals cognitively structure and process their environment in a multidimensional manner. Despite over 60 years of research, gaps remain in our understanding of the construct. In this meta-analytic review (k = 74, n = 18,973), we addressed a set of research questions regarding the nomological network surrounding cognitive complexity as well as the incremental validity and relative weight of cognitive complexity over traditional predictors of job outcomes. Cognitive complexity exhibited moderate correlations with constructs like cognitive ability (ρ = .19) and task complexity (ρ = − .18), but performed poorly in relative weights and incremental validity analyses. Given our findings, we suggest provide avenues for future research to explore and present a measure of cognitive complexity to advance the literature.

摘要

认知复杂性代表个体以多维方式认知构建和处理其环境的程度。尽管进行了60多年的研究，但我们对构造的理解仍存在差距。在本次荟萃分析中（k = 74，n（= 18,973），我们针对围绕认知复杂性的名词学网络，以及相对于传统的工作成果预测指标而言，认知复杂性的递增效度和相对权重提出了一系列研究问题。认知复杂度与认知能力（ρ= .19）和任务复杂度（ρ= − .18）等结构表现出中等相关性，但相对权重和增量效度分析的表现较差。鉴于我们的发现，我们建议为将来的研究提供途径，以探索并提出一种衡量认知复杂性的方法，以推动文献发展。