Predicting Professional Performance of Higher Education Teachers

The objective of the study is to identify the predictive validity of general intelligence and personality traits for the professional performance of higher education teachers. The sample consists in 179 teachers from a Romanian university. The measures are NEO PI-R, Raven Standard Progressive Matrices and a Behavioral Observation Scale developed for teachers’ performance appraisal by students. There is no significant correlation between teachers’ general intelligence and professional performance, but there are significant and low correlations between teachers’ personality traits and their performance. A predictive model of teacher professional performance cannot be identified.