This study tested the validity of the use of personality tests with aptitude tests as predictors of performance for 203 warehousers using an interactive model. Results indicated cognitive ability explained a significant 2% of the variance in performance, with the interaction between cognitive ability and personality explaining a significant incremental 9% of the variance in performance. These results indicate a need to expand our models of the relationship between personality characteristics and job performance.
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