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dc.creator | Mateo, R. (Ricardo) | - |
dc.creator | Hernán-González, R. (Roberto) | - |
dc.creator | Corgnet, B. (Brice) | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2024-02-05T13:37:32Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2024-02-05T13:37:32Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2015 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Mateo, R. (Ricardo); Hernán-González, R. (Roberto); Corgnet, B. (Brice). "Cognitive Reflection and the Diligent Worker: An Experimental Study of Millennials". PLoS ONE. 10 (11), 2015, 1 - 13 | es_ES |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10171/68797 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Recent studies have shown that despite crucially needing the creative talent of millennials (people born after 1980) organizations have been reluctant to hire young workers because of their supposed lack of diligence. We propose to help resolve this dilemma by studying the determinants of task performance and shirking behaviors of millennials in a laboratory work environment. We find that cognitive ability is a good predictor of task performance in line with previous literature. In contrast with previous research, personality traits do not consistently predict either task performance or shirking behaviors. Shirking behaviors, as measured by the time participants spent browsing the internet for non-work purposes (Cyberloafing), were only explained by the performance on the Cognitive Reflection Test (CRT). This finding echoes recent research in cognitive psychology according to which conventional measures of cognitive ability only assess a narrow concept of rational thinking (the algorithmic mind) that fails to capture individuals’ capacity to reflect and control their impulses. Our findings suggest that hiring diligent millennials relies on the use of novel cognitive measures such as CRT in lieu of standard personality and intelligence tests. | es_ES |
dc.description.sponsorship | : The authors acknowledge financial support from the International Foundation for Research in Experimental Economics, the Argyros School of Business and Economics at Chapman University, the Volkswagen Catedra of Navarra, the Spanish Ministry of Education [Grant 2012/00103/001], Spanish Plan Nacional I+D MCI [ECO2013-44879-R], 2014-17, and Proyectos de Excelencia de la Junta Andalucía [P12. SEJ.1436], 2014-18. All these funders contributed in the study design, data collection, and analysis. | es_ES |
dc.language.iso | eng | es_ES |
dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | es_ES |
dc.subject | Millennials | es_ES |
dc.subject | Young workers | es_ES |
dc.subject | Lack of diligence | es_ES |
dc.subject | Cognitive ability | es_ES |
dc.title | Cognitive Reflection and the Diligent Worker: An Experimental Study of Millennials | es_ES |
dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/article | es_ES |
dc.relation.publisherversion | https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0141243 | es_ES |
dc.editorial.note | © 2015 Corgnet et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License. | es_ES |
dadun.citation.endingPage | 13 | es_ES |
dadun.citation.number | 11 | es_ES |
dadun.citation.publicationName | PLoS ONE | es_ES |
dadun.citation.startingPage | 1 | es_ES |
dadun.citation.volume | 10 | es_ES |
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