The Instrumental Role of Personality Traits: Using Mixture Structural Equation Modeling to Investigate Individual Differences in the Relationships Between the Big Five Traits and Life Satisfaction

2015 ◽  
Vol 17 (6) ◽  
pp. 2595-2612 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heike Heidemeier ◽  
Anja S. Göritz
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Structural Equation Modeling ◽  
Individual Differences ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Big Five ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Big Five Traits ◽  
Instrumental Role

scholarly journals Development of a Model to Predict love Trauma Syndrome in Students According to Personality Traits, Initial Maladaptive Schemas and Spiritual Health

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marziyeh Etemadnia ◽  
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Shohreh Shiroodi ◽  
Javad Khalatbari ◽  
Shahnam Abolghasemi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation Modeling ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Spiritual Health ◽  
Model Fit ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Maladaptive Schemas ◽  
Correlational Research

Objectives Love trauma syndrome is a common occurrence among college students that can result to psychological and educational problems. The current research supposed to illustrate the role of personality traits, early maladaptive Schemas and spiritual health in prediction of love trauma syndrome. Methods The present study was a correlational research based on structural equation modeling (SEM). The population includes all students of Tehran universities who suffers love trauma syndrome. 500 subjects were selected by cluster random sampling and answered the Love Trauma Inventory(LTI), Hexaco Personality Questionnaire(HEXACO), Young Schema Questionnaire(YSQ-SF) and Spirituality Index of Well-Being(SIWB). Data analysis was performed by structural equation modeling using LISREL software. Results SEM model showed a root mean square error of 0.043 which indicate good model fit. Conclusion The provided model for predicting LT syndrome was a good fitting model. Personality traits, early maladaptive schemes, and the spiritual health could predict LT syndrome. Extraversion, excitement, humility/honesty, sacrifice, abandonment/ instability and life plan are the best predictors for intensity of love trauma syndrome.

Influence of generational status on immigrants’ entrepreneurial intentions to start new ventures: a framework based on structural equation modeling and multicriteria decision-making

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Khai Wah Khaw ◽  
Ramayah Thurasamy ◽  
Hadi Al-Abrrow ◽  
Alhamzah Alnoor ◽  
Victor Tiberius ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Structural Equation Modeling ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
New Ventures ◽  
Entrepreneurial Intentions ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Content Type

Purpose This study aims to identify the intentions of immigrant entrepreneurs to start new projects by investigating the role of influence of institutional support, social context, cultural intelligence, self-efficacy, optimizing personality traits and hierarchy legitimacy on intentions to start new ventures. In addition, the strength of the relationship for such factors and intentions to start new ventures was determined through the moderator role of easy access to venture capital. Design/methodology/approach To this end, this study complements the academic literature by integrating the structural equation modeling (SEM) and multiple-criteria decision-making (MCDM) techniques. Thus, the MCDM (i.e. analytic hierarchy process and vlsekriterijumska optimizcija i kaompromisno resenje [VIKOR]) is an effective approach to solving the problem of complexity and evaluation (i.e. multiple evaluation criteria, important criteria and data variation). Hence, to complete the strategic guideline solution, this study uses a survey for collecting data from 202 immigrants in Malaysia, Pakistan, Nigeria and Singapore. Findings The results from SEM prove several critical factors of immigrants’ entrepreneurs. These factors of immigrants’ entrepreneurs can be vital for academics and host countries. By focusing on these aspects and by developing some personality traits (such as self-efficacy and optimal personality traits), these factors can contribute a good deal to increasing the capabilities of immigrant’s entrepreneurs toward entrepreneurial intentions. In the validation, the statistical objective method indicates that the immigrants' prioritizations in all countries are supported by the systematic ranking. Thus, entrepreneurial intentions for immigrants can pursue the order proven by the VIKOR results. Research limitations/implications This study has some significant practical and theoretical implications. Practically, the study findings will enable managers to develop strategies to support immigrants for entrepreneurial intentions to start new ventures. Originality/value The novelty of the context under given circumstances of global environment adds to the originality of this study. Several previous studies have also emphasized the need for this type of study in other contexts. The findings can call managers’ attention toward a critical issue of immigrants’ entrepreneurial intentions to start new ventures.

scholarly journals Organizational commitment: an empirical analysis of personality traits

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 18-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Farrukh ◽  
Chong Wei Ying ◽  
Shaheen Mansori
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Commitment ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Big Five ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Five Factor Model ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Continuance Commitment ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Big Five Traits ◽  
The Impact

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of five-factor model of personality on organizational commitment in the higher educational institutes of Pakistan. Design/methodology/approach Quantitative methodology was adopted to measure the impact of personality on organizational commitment. A structured questionnaire was e-mailed to the faculty members of the social science department of higher education institutes. SmartPLS software was used to run the structural equation modeling technique. Findings The findings showed that extroversion, agreeableness, and conscientiousness are positively linked to affective commitment (AC), and neuroticism and openness has negative association with AC. Furthermore, extroversion and agreeableness were found to be negatively linked to continuance commitment. A negative link between neuroticism and continuance commitment while no relationship between conscientiousness, openness, and continuance commitment was found. Research limitations/implications Results have several implications for the personality and commitment literature. First, study provided comprehensive empirical evidence regarding the dispositional basis of organizational commitment notably; the authors found that the Big Five personality traits as a whole are significantly associated with organizational commitment. Second, the current findings underscore the role of agreeableness in shaping organizational commitment. Agreeableness was the strongest predictor of both AC and continuance commitment. Agreeableness may be especially relevant for predicting employee outcomes that are reliant on strong interpersonal or social exchange relationships. As such outcomes are becoming more and more critical in employee, group, and organizational effectiveness. Originality/value In general, findings show that Big Five traits play an important role in understanding employee commitment to the organization. Consistent with previous studies on personality traits in the workplace, practitioners will benefit from considering all of the Big Five traits in their selection systems.

The Relationship Between Personality, Recalled Cybersickness Severity, and Recalled Cybersickness Recovery Time

2021 ◽  
Vol 65 (1) ◽  
pp. 206-210
Author(s):  
Angelica Jasper ◽  
Taylor Doty ◽  
Nathan Sepich ◽  
Michael C. Dorneich ◽  
Stephen B. Gilbert ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Data ◽  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Structural Equation Modeling ◽  
Individual Differences ◽  
Survey Data ◽  
Recovery Time ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
The Relationship

Characteristics of a virtual reality user are known to affect cybersickness, but the specific role of individual differences, such as personality, is largely unknown. This study addressed this gap through examination of subjective recall survey data relating to experiences in virtual reality, including severity of cybersickness symptoms, cybersickness recovery time, and personality. Mediational structural equation modeling on data from 203 participants who used virtual reality at least once per month indicated that extraversion, agreeableness, and conscientiousness were associated with cybersickness severity and that severity was associated with cybersickness recovery time. Further, cybersickness severity fully mediated the relationship between personality and recovery time. These findings highlight the potential relationship between individual differences in personality and suggest further investigation into cybersickness with experimental data and validated measures.

Impulsivity and Aggression: A Meta-analysis Using the UPPS Model of Impulsivity

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Konrad Bresin
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation Modeling ◽  
Sensation Seeking ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
The Other ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Negative Urgency ◽  
Two Stage ◽  
Trait Impulsivity

Trait impulsivity has long been proposed to play a role in aggression, but the results across studies have been mixed. One possible explanation for the mixed results is that impulsivity is a multifaceted construct and some, but not all, facets are related to aggression. The goal of the current meta-analysis was to determine the relation between the different facets of impulsivity (i.e., negative urgency, positive urgency, lack of premeditation, lack of perseverance, and sensation seeking) and aggression. The results from 93 papers with 105 unique samples (N = 36, 215) showed significant and small-to-medium correlations between each facet of impulsivity and aggression across several different forms of aggression, with more impulsivity being associated with more aggression. Moreover, negative urgency (r = .24, 95% [.18, .29]), positive urgency (r = .34, 95% [.19, .44]), and lack of premeditation (r = .23, 95% [.20, .26]) had significantly stronger associations with aggression than the other scales (rs < .18). Two-stage meta-analytic structural equation modeling showed that these effects were not due to overlap among facets of impulsivity. These results help advance the field of aggression research by clarifying the role of impulsivity and may be of interest to researchers and practitioners in several disciplines.

Gender and Organizational Conflict Management: The Mediating Role of Personality

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maciej Kościelniak ◽  
Jarosław Piotrowski ◽  
Magdalena Żemojtel-Piotrowska
Keyword(s):  
Conflict Management ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Conflict Behavior ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Conflict Management Styles ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Big Five Model

Many authors examined the interplay between gender and conflict management preferences, but those findings were often mixed and inconsistent. In the current paper we tried to explain those inconsistencies by investigating the mediating role of personality for the relationship of gender and conflict management. Rahim's inventory was used for identifying five conflict management styles, and Big Five Model theory was a base for assessing participants' personality traits. Data were collected from a sample of 1,055 working Poles (52.7% women), in an online survey. Based on the structural equation modeling we detected multiple indirect mediating paths of gender on conflict management via personality traits, while no direct effect of gender was observed. Despite some limitations, the study sheds light on the actual role of gender in conflict behavior and the importance of personality traits in the conflict management, both from a theoretical and practical perspective.

The Affiliative Role of Empathy in Everyday Interpersonal Interactions

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Whitney R. Ringwald ◽  
Aidan G.C. Wright
Keyword(s):  
Individual Differences ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Community Sample ◽  
Empirical Support ◽  
Interpersonal Behavior ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Experimental Conditions ◽  
Student Sample ◽  
Ecological Momentary

Empathy theoretically serves an affiliative interpersonal function by satisfying motives for intimacy and union with others. Accordingly, empathy is expected to vary depending on the situation. Inconsistent empirical support for empathy’s affiliative role may be due to methodology focused on individual differences in empathy or differences between controlled experimental conditions, which fail to capture its dynamic and interpersonal nature. To address these shortcomings, we used ecological momentary assessment to establish typical patterns of empathy across everyday interactions. Associations among empathy, affect, and interpersonal behavior of self and interaction partner were examined in a student sample (N=330), then replicated in a pre-registered community sample (N=279). Multi-level structural equation modeling was used to distinguish individual differences in empathy from interaction-level effects. Results show people are more empathetic during positively-valanced interactions with others perceived as warm and when expressing warmth. By confirming the typically affiliative role of empathy, existing research to the contrary can be best understood as exceptions to the norm.

How can organizations foster job crafting behaviors and thriving at work?

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Sari Mansour ◽  
Diane-Gabrielle Tremblay
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation Modeling ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Job Demands ◽  
Social Resources ◽  
Job Crafting ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Bootstrap Analysis ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Thriving At Work

Abstract This study investigates whether the perceived opportunity to craft (POC) is related to job crafting (JC) strategies and whether these strategies are related to thriving at work, in terms of both vitality and learning. It aims to verify the mediating role of JC between POC and thriving. Data were collected from 424 accounting professionals in Canada. The structural equation modeling based on bootstrap analysis was used to test mediation. The results indicate that POC is positively related to increasing structural and social resources and challenging job demands and negatively to decreasing hindering job demands. They reveal that increasing structural and social resources enhances learning and mediates the relation between POC and vitality and learning, as do challenging job demands, whereas decreasing hindering job demands does not. This study is one of the first to confirm that POC influences vitality and learning via JC behaviors as mediators.

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