John Campbell Professor N478 Elliott, (612) 625-9351 campb006@umn.edu Education Ph.D., 1964, University of Minnesota

Statement of Interests

Currently, my research activities are focused on the systematic modeling of the substantive latent structure of occupational performance and its determinants. We have proposed, and continue to refine, an eight factor model of performance that can be used to characterize individual performance in virtually all work roles and across functional areas and organizational levels. Current studies involve developing and testing substantive models for customer service, for team member performance, and for the ability versus training and experience determinants of high level technical expertise. These efforts are built on a fundamental belief that individual performance at work is the most critical dependent variable in applied psychology and modeling the latent structure of performance is at least as important as specifying the latent structure of cognitive ability or personality. Related projects concern the differential relationships of personality to management performance across levels and functional areas; and the development of occupational classification structures for purposes of career exploration and job seeking.

Selected Publications

Campbell, J. P. (2005).  Learning from history.  In L.L. Hoppes (Ed.), The science and practice of industrial and organizational psychology:  Historical aspects from the first hundred years.   Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

Campbell, J. P., & Knapp, D. (2001).  Project A:  Exploring the limits of performance improvement through personnel selection and classification. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.

Campbell, J. P., & Kuncel, N. R. (2001).  Individual and team training.  In N. Anderson, D. S. Ones, H. K. Sinangil, & C. Viswesvaran (Eds.), Handbook of work and organizational psychology. London: Blackwell.

Campbell, J. P., Gasser, M., & Oswald, F. (1996). The substantive nature of job performance variability. In K. Murphy (Ed.), Individual differences and behavior in organizations. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.

Campbell, J. P. (1996). Group differences and personnel decisions: Validity, fairness, and affirmative action. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 49, 122-158.

Campbell, J. P. (1990). The Army selection and classification project (Project A). Personnel Psychology, 43, 231-239.