Gatewood and Feild (1994) identi®ed four inferential leaps that job analysis directly or indirectly
facilitates.We have modi®ed Gatewood and Feild's model to accommodate uses of JA other than
personnel selection and also additional inferential leaps not covered in their original classi®ca-
tion. A graphic representation of these inferential leaps is provided in Figure 1. However, the
primary inferences supported by job analysis still are: