The relationship of certain factors to success in clerical positions

Abstract

Ratings on the success of 54 clerical workers in a mail order house and scores on a test of ability to add, correlate .65 ± .06. Other fundamental processes in arithmetic and years of experience show a low positive relationship to success. Years of schooling and intelligence have little relation to success. Similar data for 77 clerical workers in a wholesale office reveal less significant relationship. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)