scholarly journals Does Evil Prevail? The “Bright” and “Dark” Sides of Personality as Predictors of Adaptive Performance

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 474 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pedro J. Ramos-Villagrasa ◽  
Elena Fernández-del-Río ◽  
Juan Ramón Barrada
Keyword(s):  
Big Five ◽  
Big Five Personality Traits ◽  
Dark Triad ◽  
Incremental Validity ◽  
Big Five Personality ◽  
Adaptive Performance ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Convenience Sample ◽  
Job Experience ◽  
Cross Sectional Design

The turbulent context in which organizations operate today makes them search for adaptable workers. Previous studies have shown the predictive value of the “Big Five” personality traits on adaptive performance, but some authors suggest extending personality domain with the “dark” traits of personality, that is, Machiavellianism, narcissism, psychopathy (i.e., the “Dark Triad”), and sadism (which, along with the aforementioned traits, composes the “Dark Tetrad”). The present research investigates the incremental validity of the dark traits in the prediction of adaptive performance over the Big Five. The study follows a cross-sectional design with a convenience sample of 613 participants (46% women; mean age 38.78 years, SD = 14.05; mean job experience = 16.93 years, SD = 13.39) from different organizations who fill in a questionnaire with the variables. Our results showed that the Dark Triad improved the predictive model with respect to the Big Five (R2 = 0.202, ΔR2 = 0.030, p < 0.001). The statistically significant predictors were neuroticism (β = −0.127, p = 0.010), openness to experience (β = 0.155, p < 0.001), conscientiousness (β = 0.164, p = 0.001), narcissism (β = 0.134 p < 0.002), and psychopathy (β = −0.137, p = 0.005). The incorporation of sadism did not improve the Dark Triad model (R2 = 0.202, ΔR2= −0.001, p = 0.541).

The interactive effects of personality and burnout on knowledge sharing among teachers

2016 ◽  
Vol 44 (8) ◽  
pp. 1267-1280 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jinfeng Zhang ◽  
Mingjie Zhou ◽  
Jianxin Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Regression Model ◽  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Big Five ◽  
Big Five Personality Traits ◽  
Interactive Effects ◽  
Big Five Personality ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Organizational Resource ◽  
Cross Sectional Design ◽  
The Relationship

Knowledge sharing is an important organizational resource and should be encouraged in the field of teaching. We used a cross-sectional design, and 796 teachers in primary or secondary schools completed measures of the Big Five personality traits, burnout, and knowledge sharing. The results showed that (a) in the regression model, the traits of extraversion and agreeableness were positively associated with knowledge sharing, but conscientiousness, openness, and neuroticism were not significant in predicting knowledge sharing; (b) burnout was negatively associated with knowledge sharing after controlling for personality; and (c) burnout moderated the relationship between personality and knowledge sharing; that is, compared with those with a high score for burnout symptoms, the relationship between personality and knowledge sharing was stronger for those with a low score for burnout symptoms. The results suggest that interventions aimed at reducing teachers' burnout might be helpful for improving their knowledge sharing.

scholarly journals The Big Five Personality Traits, Occupational Stress, and Job Satisfaction

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Andreas Petasis ◽  
Odysseas Economides
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Occupational Stress ◽  
Big Five ◽  
Police Officers ◽  
Significant Relationship ◽  
Big Five Personality Traits ◽  
Openness To Experience ◽  
Big Five Personality ◽  
Cross Sectional

The aim of this research was to examine the relationship between Big Five Personality traits (neuroticism, extraversion, openness to experience, agreeableness, conscientiousness), occupational stress and job satisfaction of police officers in Cyprus Police. A cross-sectional design was employed, where data was collected at a single time point. A total of 133 participants took part in the research program. The research instruments consisted of the Neo Five Factor Inventory (NEO-FFI) Police Stress Questionnaire (PSQ) and Job Satisfaction Survey (JSS). The result of the research indicated that the correlation of conscientiousness, extraversion, openness to experience and agreeableness to job satisfaction were not significantly linked while neuroticism had a moderately negative correlation with job satisfaction, and it was the only statistically significant relationship. Results showed that gender had a statistically significant relationship with job satisfaction, with males reporting greater job satisfaction than females. Additionally, work stress in the police force significantly predicts job satisfaction over and above the effect of personality traits.

scholarly journals Big Five Personality Model-based study of death coping self-efficacy in clinical nurses: A cross-sectional survey

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (5) ◽  
pp. e0252430
Author(s):  
Xi Lin ◽  
Xiaoqing Li ◽  
Qing Liu ◽  
Shengwen Shao ◽  
Weilan Xiang
Keyword(s):  
Palliative Care ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Big Five ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Big Five Personality Traits ◽  
Big Five Personality ◽  
Personality Profiles ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Clinical Nurses

Background Specific personality traits may affect the ability of nurses to deal with patient death. The relationship between personality and death coping self-efficacy (DCS) has rarely been investigated in the palliative care setting. In this study, we explored the associations between different personality profiles and DCS in clinical nurses from general wards and ICU. Methods A cross-sectional survey of 572 Chinese nurses was conducted between August and September 2020, by way of a self-administered questionnaire. Results Among the Big Five Personality Traits, in nurses the score was highest for conscientiousness and lowest for neuroticism. With regard to DCS, nurses scored highly on the intention of hospice care. The Big Five Personality Traits were found to explain 20.2% of the overall variation in DCS. Openness, agreeableness and conscientiousness were significantly associated with DCS in nurses. Conclusions Nursing managers should pay attention to differences in personality characteristics and provide personalized and targeted nursing education. This should improve nurses’ DCS, enrich their professional development and promote high quality palliative care for patients and their families.

Personality Disorders and Intelligence

2006 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 42-46 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adrian Furnham
Keyword(s):  
Personality Traits ◽  
Personality Disorders ◽  
Big Five ◽  
Test Scores ◽  
Big Five Personality Traits ◽  
Incremental Validity ◽  
Intelligence Test ◽  
Big Five Personality ◽  
Working Adults ◽  
Intelligence Test Scores

Over 500 working adults completed two intelligence tests: the GMA (Graduate Management Assessment) and the WG (Watson-Glaser), a measure of the Big-Five personality traits (NEO-FFM), and a personality disorders measure (Hogan Development Survey). Regressing first the Big-Five personality traits, then the personality disorders, onto the two different measures of intelligence suggested evidence for the incremental validity of personality disorders, which in both studies accounted for an additional 5% of the variance. Results were slightly different in the two analyses though clearly obsessive-compulsiveness is negatively correlated with intelligence test scores.

The Incremental Validity of Honesty–Humility Over Cognitive Ability and the Big Five Personality Traits

2014 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 206-224 ◽  
Author(s):  
In-Sue Oh ◽  
Huy Le ◽  
Daniel S. Whitman ◽  
Kwanghyun Kim ◽  
Tae-Yong Yoo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Personality Traits ◽  
Cognitive Ability ◽  
Big Five ◽  
Big Five Personality Traits ◽  
Incremental Validity ◽  
Big Five Personality

scholarly journals Values and personality traits as predictors of Catholic religiosity

2021 ◽  
Vol 76 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-82
Author(s):  
Zlatko Šram ◽  
Rodger K. Bufford
Keyword(s):  
Personality Traits ◽  
Big Five ◽  
Catholic Church ◽  
Explanatory Power ◽  
Big Five Personality Traits ◽  
Value Orientations ◽  
Dark Triad ◽  
Roman Catholic Church ◽  
Big Five Personality ◽  
Negative Predictor

The main goal of this study was to investigate the dimensions of value orientations and personality traits that underly Catholic religiosity. The survey was carried out on a convenient adult sample of members of the Croatian ethnic minority across the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina in the Republic of Serbia (N = 189); 97% were members of the Roman Catholic Church. Four measures were included in the questionnaire: Religiosity, the Schwartz Value Scale, the Big Five Personality Inventory, and the Dark Triad of Personality. Multiple regression analyses were conducted to explore how value orientation and personality traits impact religiosity. Conservation (Traditional) values and Self-Transcendence values emerged as significant positive predictors, whereas Openness to Change values emerged as a significant negative predictor of religiosity. Agreeableness and Conscientiousness emerged as significant positive predictors, whereas Extraversion emerged as a significant negative predictor of religiosity. Machiavellianism and Psychopathy were also shown to be significant negative predictors of religiosity; in order, Psychopathy, Machiavellianism, and Conservation values accounted for 23% of the variance in Catholic Religiosity. We found that the Schwartz value orientations had a somewhat greater explanatory power than the Big Five personality traits, and that the Dark Triad of personality traits had a greater explanatory power in predicting Catholic religiosity than either the Schwartz value orientations or the Big Five personality traits. We argued that religiosity is not generally more correlated with values than with personality traits, as is often suggested. It depends primarily on the type of personality trait models involved, i.e. its psychopathological underpinning.

scholarly journals Type of Dominant Personality in Coronary Artery Heart Disease Patients

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (11) ◽  
pp. 505-509
Author(s):  
Beny Prastyo ◽  
Abdurrachman Abdurrachman ◽  
Yunias Setiawati ◽  
Rerdin Julario ◽  
Lukman Hakim Andira
Keyword(s):  
Coronary Heart Disease ◽  
Heart Disease ◽  
Big Five ◽  
Causes Of Death ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Big Five Personality ◽  
Personality Questionnaire ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Cross Sectional Design ◽  
Coronary Artery Heart Disease

Coronary heart disease is one of the leading causes of death in Indonesia. Personality is one of the risk factors of coronary heart disease. The aim of the study was to investigate the dominant personality according to Big Five Personality in patients with coronary heart disease. We used an analytical descriptive study with cross-sectional design. The samples taken were patients with coronary heart disease in Dr. Soetomo General Hospital Surabaya in May 2019. Data of personality were collected using the Big Five Personality questionnaire. The result showed that the dominant personality according to Big Five Personality in patients with coronary heart disease was conscientiousness. Keywords: big five personality; coronary heart disease; personality type

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