Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Can graphology predict occupational success? Two empirical studies and some theoretical ruminations Type The nature or genre of the resource Journal Article Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Gershon Ben-Shakhar Maya Bar-Hillel Yoram Bilu Edor Ben-Abba Anat Flug Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource November 1, 1986 Language A language of the resource English Zotero Title Can graphology predict occupational success? Two empirical studies and some theoretical ruminations Item Type Journal Article Author Gershon Ben-Shakhar Maya Bar-Hillel Yoram Bilu Edor Ben-Abba Anat Flug URL https://www.researchgate.net/publication/232446129_Can_graphology_predict_occupational_success_Two_empirical_studies_and_some_theoretical_ruminations Volume 71 Pages 645-653 Publication Title Journal of Applied Psychology Date November 1, 1986 DOI 10.1037/0021-9010.71.4.645 Language English Abstract Note Tested the validity of graphological predictions in 2 empirical studies. In Study 1, graphologists rated 80 primarily 19–27 yr old bank employees on several job relevant traits, based on handwritten biographies. The scripts were also rated on the same traits by a clinical psychologist with no knowledge of graphology. The criterion was the ratings on the same traits by the employees' supervisors. The graphologists' and the clinician's correlations with the criterion were typically between 0.2 and 0.3. To test whether these validities might be attributable to the scripts' content, a 3rd method of prediction was developed. The information in the tests (e.g., education) was systematically extracted and combined in a linear model. This model outperformed the human judges. In Study 2, graphologists judged the profession, out of 8 possibilities, of 40 successful professionals. This was done on the basis of rich (e.g., containing numbers and Latin script as well as Hebrew text), uniform scripts. Results indicate that the graphologists did not perform significantly better than a chance model. The flaws of graphological research are discussed. (20 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved) Short Title Can graphology predict occupational success? Archive MyCloud Scientific Graphology