Research on The Impact of The 'Big Five' Personality Traits on Careers

The article focuses on how the Big Five personalities can affect people’s decision-making skills in terms of finances such as debt and assets. The study mentioned in the article was conducted with individuals as well as families. For the families being studied, the head of the household was the participant who was examined the most. The two personalities out of the Big Five that seem to be relevant to financial decision-making, according to the source, is extraversion and openness. Over 10,000 interviews were conducted via survey. A seven-point scale was used where participants were to reply how likely they could relate to statements such as “I see myself as someone who does a thorough job”. The statements made on the survey were related to one of the Big Five. The paper is relevant to the final project because it is an example of how personality can influence behavior such as decision-making for finances.

The source raises the concern of how well people can evaluate others with accuracy as well as what is related to that process of evaluation. The journal article mentions that the challenge in judging people is that it is done with bias and personal desires. The topic of the research paper focuses mainly on self-other agreement, or seeing oneself within another person in terms of values and traits. The objective of the research was to determine if self-other agreement had a greater correlation with either personal values or personality traits. The number of participants totaled around 200 participants. The participants were separated into two samples, each containing slightly over 100 participants. The participants of both samples gave self-reports of their values and traits. The participants invited other people who knew them to perform the same task. The audience seems to be for psychologists who are interested in research revolving around the judging of others and how their behavior may be associated with judging. This is significant to the final project because it suggests the idea of people’s personality traits being involved with how they view their peers around them.

The objective of the paper was to see if the Big Five personality traits had a causal relationship with the genetics and environmental interaction of participants while using what is known as the NEO Five Factor Inventory. The number of participants totaled to be 7,900 adult twins. The participants were required to answer a 60-item questionnaire which was related to the Big Five. The questionnaires used a five-point scale which measured the level of agreement that participants gave for each item from “strongly disagree” to “strongly agree”. The audience that the research seems to be meant for is scientists who are interested in biology for genetics, psychology for environmental interaction, or a combination of the two. This journal article is relevant to the final project because it is an example of how the Big Five personality traits are related to people’s biology and environment.

The journal article observes how the Big Five personality traits are associated with participants’ responses to what is called “Get-Out-The-Vote” (GOTV) appeal as well as how one of the traits, openness, is related to how well participants can be persuaded. Conductors of the study performed two experiments, a survey from Amazon.com’s MTurk feature and a field experiment. Results of the study indicate that there is a relationship between the Big Five and the replies that participants give to GOTV and other forms of political appeals. The audience that the journal article seems to appeal to include those who are interested in politics and how personality may be correlated to how motivated people take action towards politics. This source is relevant to the final project for personality psychology because it focuses on persuasion and how the Big Five has a connection with it.

The objective of the research that the authors conducted for the article was to obtain a better understanding of the relationship between narcissism and counterproductive work behavior (CWB). The relationship is studied in three approaches: seeing if narcissism relates to CWB, seeing if a collectivistic culture is associated with narcissism and CWB, and seeing what aspects of narcissism actually relate to CWB if a relation is evident. The authors also suggest that narcissism is tied to the Big Five. The research that was conducted was separated into two studies in order to prove multiple hypotheses, with the first study focusing on narcissism and collectivistic cultures and the second study focusing on the facets of narcissism. The audience that the report seems to be for include psychologists who are interested in the possibility of people’s mentality being involved with their regression in work ethic. This is relevant to the personality psychology project because it suggests possible consequences from the Big Five.

The article focuses on healthcare and how the Big Five personality traits may be related to the decisions that healthcare professionals make. Along with the Big Five and decision-making, researchers of the article also examined the need for structure, or the need to have clarity and consistency in life. Over 200 health care professionals were part of the research. For their need for structure, participants answered a scale called the “Personal Need for Structure Scale” which gave them statements that could agree or disagree about. For the Big Five, the researchers used the Ten Item Personality Inventory which was a self-report which was similar to the “Personal Need for Structure Scale”, except there were only ten statements with different context. The decision making aspect was measured using a questionnaire. The intended audience for this article could include scientists who are concerned about decision-making and those interested in health care. This source is significant to the final project because it suggests that the Big Five may have an association with people’s desire for finding balance and meaning in their lives through need for structure.

The objective of the study was to confirm how accurate honesty and humility (H-H), cognitive ability, and the Big Five personality factors predicted job performance. The number of participants was above 200 and all of them had come from military academy in South Korea. For measurement of cognitive ability, participants were tested using what was called the Korean Police Officer Aptitude Battery (KPOAB) which the article further mentions was similar to what is called the Wonderlic Personnel Test. For H-H and the Big Five personality traits, the participants took what was known as the HEXACO Perosnality Inventory which is a survey with nearly 100 questions about what participants agree on or what they did not agree on. Results of the study indicated that honesty and humility played a role in job performance. This is relevant to the personality psychology final project because it provides an alternative to the Big Five being related to people’s behavior.

The article focused on a research regarding the surveying of over 16,000 Australian participants. The introduction mentioned the association between the Big Five personality traits and well-being as well as how they may be influenced by each other. As a journal article, its target audience seems to be for psychologists who are interested in personality and how it can affect people’s level of satisfaction towards their own lives. The article suggests that personality can affect well-being either directly through facial expression (positive and negative affect) or indirectly through social behavior. The article also suggests that the opposite can occur and that well-being may affect personality. An example from the article includes people either being motivated to become more socially outgoing or become more socially withdrawn depending on their well-being. Data was received from participants from a questionnaire using a 7-point scale. This is relevant to my project because it is an example of how the Big Five personality traits can be related to people’s outlook on their lives.

The authors explain how they conducted a study which required them to observe over 500 participants and their job satisfaction. While examining the participants’ work lives, the researchers were also required to examine the personality traits, more specifically the Big Five, which the participants exhibited. Data was collected throughout a time span of 15 years. The authors formed a total of five hypotheses, each of which claimed to some similarity that as more time passes, personality traits will become more positive and that the participants will have better attitudes towards their jobs. The participants were expected to complete a certain questionnaire known as The Revised NEO Personality Inventory which measured work attitudes and traits. The authors concluded that their data confirmed that people’s work attitudes are correlated and that the improvement of traits can be influenced by work. This is relevant to the psychology project that I will be working on because it shows how personality affects a person’s behavior in a long-term process.

The article focuses on how the Big Five personality traits may have an effect on job satisfaction and well-being. The study mentioned in the article was conducted in five different cities in China. The total number of participants reached above 800 participants, all of which were expected to complete a survey. Surveys regarding job satisfaction used a Likert scale with 1 representing the participants strongly disagreeing with statements and 5 representing the participants strongly agreeing with statements. Likert scales were also used for measuring the Big Five. Findings of the experiment indicated that the effect of the Big Five on well-being is greater than the effect of the Big Five on job satisfaction. Extraversion was found to be the greatest predictor of well-being and job satisfaction. The audience for this source could include psychologists who were interested in how research is conducted in eastern Asia and also for psychologists who are interested in people’s personality and perspective on jobs. The source is relevant to the final project because it helps examine job satisfaction from a collectivistic culture, which may give an idea as to whether the Big Five applies to cultures outside western culture.