scholarly journals To Fear or Fly to the Unknown: Tolerance for Ambiguity and Big Five Personality Traits

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hayley Jach ◽  
Luke Smillie
Keyword(s):  
Personality Traits ◽  
Big Five ◽  
Openness To Experience ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Big Five Personality ◽  
Aesthetic Appreciation ◽  
Ambiguity Tolerance ◽  
Intellectual Curiosity ◽  
Behavioral Choice ◽  
Tolerance For Ambiguity

The present study investigated whether ambiguity tolerance relates to personality traits that are theoretically grounded in fear (neuroticism) or attraction (openness to experience; extraversion) for the unknown. Our hypotheses were supported for self-report measures (and openness to experience predicted ambiguity tolerance controlling for intelligence), but behavioral choice measures of ambiguity tolerance demonstrated poor reliability and were unrelated to self-reported ambiguity tolerance and basic personality traits. An exploratory network analysis revealed that ambiguity tolerance was more strongly related to the intellectual curiosity (vs. aesthetic appreciation) facet of openness to experience, and the assertiveness (vs. energy or sociability) facet of extraversion. Our findings reinforce the fragmented literature in this area, and support predictions derived from psychological entropy theories of personality.

scholarly journals A meta-analysis on individual differences in primary emotional systems and Big Five personality traits

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Davide Marengo ◽  
Kenneth L. Davis ◽  
Gökçe Özkarar Gradwohl ◽  
Christian Montag
Keyword(s):  
Individual Differences ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Big Five ◽  
Mammalian Species ◽  
Theoretical Perspective ◽  
Big Five Personality Traits ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Big Five Personality ◽  
Affective Neuroscience ◽  
Emotional Systems

AbstractThe Affective Neuroscience Personality Scales (ANPS) were constructed as a self-report assessment to measure individual differences in Jaak Panksepp’s cross-species primary emotional systems: SEEKING, PLAY, CARE (positive emotions) and FEAR, SADNESS, ANGER (negative emotions). Beginning with the first published work on the ANPS in 2003, individual differences on the ANPS measures of these six primary emotional systems have been consistently linked to Big Five personality traits. From a theoretical perspective, these primary emotional systems arising from subcortical regions, shed light on the nature of the Big Five personality traits from an evolutionary perspective, because each of these primary emotional systems represent a tool for survival endowing mammalian species with inherited behavioral programs to react appropriately to complex environments. The present work revisited 21 available samples where both ANPS and Big Five measures have been administered. Our meta-analytical analysis provides solid evidence that high SEEKING relates to high Openness to Experience, high PLAY to high Extraversion, high CARE/low ANGER to high Agreeableness and high FEAR/SADNESS/ANGER to high Neuroticism. This seems to be true regardless of the ANPS inventory chosen, although much more work is needed in this area. Associations between primary emotional systems and Conscientiousness were in the lower effect size area across all six primary emotions, thereby supporting the idea that Conscientiousness rather seems to be less directly related with the subcortical primary emotions and likely is the most cognitive/cortical personality construct out of the Big Five. In sum, the present work underlines the idea that individual differences in primary emotional systems represent evolutionarily ancient foundations of human personality, given their a) meaningful links to the prominent Big Five model and b) their origins lying in subcortical areas of the human brain.

Personality and Ideology

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Danny Osborne ◽  
Nicole Satherley ◽  
Chris G. Sibley
Keyword(s):  
Personality Traits ◽  
Big Five ◽  
Personality Trait ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Big Five Personality Traits ◽  
Openness To Experience ◽  
Big Five Personality ◽  
Vast Literature ◽  
Political Conservatism ◽  
The Relationship

Research since the 1990s reveals that openness to experience—a personality trait that captures interest in novelty, creativity, unconventionalism, and open-mindedness—correlates negatively with political conservatism. This chapter summarizes this vast literature by meta-analyzing 232 unique samples (N = 575,691) that examine the relationship between the Big Five personality traits and conservatism. The results reveal that the negative relationship between openness to experience and conservatism (r = −.145) is nearly twice as big as the next strongest correlation between personality and ideology (namely, conscientiousness and conservatism; r = .076). The associations between personality traits and conservatism were, however, substantively larger in Western, educated, industrialized, rich, and democratic (WEIRD) countries than in non-WEIRD countries. The chapter concludes by reviewing recent longitudinal work demonstrating that openness to experience and conservatism are non-causally related. Collectively, the chapter shows that openness to experience is by far the strongest (negative) correlate of conservatism but that there is little evidence that this association is causal.

Big Five personality traits and green consumption: bridging the attitude-intention-behavior gap

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Cong Doanh Duong
Keyword(s):  
Personality Traits ◽  
Big Five ◽  
Environmentally Friendly ◽  
Big Five Personality Traits ◽  
Openness To Experience ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Big Five Personality ◽  
Green Products ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Green Consumption

PurposeThis study examines the roles of Big Five personality traits, including conscientiousness, agreeableness, extraversion, neuroticism and openness to experience, in shaping green consumption behavior, as well as bridging the attitude-intention-behavior gap in environmentally friendly consumption and testing the gender differences between these associations.Design/methodology/approachA dataset of 611 consumers was collected by means of mall-intercept surveys in major Vietnamese cities. Structural equation modeling (SEM) via AMOS 24.0 was employed to test the proposed conceptual framework and hypotheses, while the PROCESS approach was utilized to estimate mediation standardized regression coefficients.FindingsThe study revealed that in addition to extraversion, other personality traits (agreeableness, conscientiousness, openness to experience and neuroticism) were strongly associated with green consumption. Moreover, attitude towards green products and intention to buy environmentally friendly products were determined to have key roles in explaining consumers' pro-environmental behavior. There was also a notable difference in the impact of personality traits on men's and women's green consumption.Practical implicationsThis study provides useful recommendations for administrational practices seeking to understand consumer behavior, build appropriate marketing and communication campaigns and attract customers to buy environmentally friendly products.Originality/valueThis study makes efforts to resolve the attitude-intention-behavior gap, a recurring theme in the green consumption literature, as well as illustrates the significance of Big Five personality traits in explaining attitude, intention and behavior when purchasing green products. This research also demonstrates that Big Five personality traits have significantly different effects on green consumption attitudes and intention to carry out pro-behavioral consumption.

Examining the Relationship Between Personality Traits and Exposure to Workplace Bullying

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 1069-1087
Author(s):  
Arpana Rai ◽  
Upasna A. Agarwal
Keyword(s):  
Personality Traits ◽  
Work Environment ◽  
Big Five ◽  
Workplace Bullying ◽  
Openness To Experience ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Big Five Personality ◽  
Full Time ◽  
The Relationship

Workplace bullying is a common and constantly occurring phenomenon in organizations. Various factors render a workplace conducive to the occurrence of bullying-like features of the work environment and personality traits of the employees. While work environment features are well-established antecedents of workplace bullying, much of the research on personality traits as antecedents of bullying remains inconclusive. Drawing on the victim precipitation theory and the Big Five personality taxonomy, the present study aims to examine the relationship between four personality traits (conscientiousness, agreeableness, extraversion and openness to experience) and exposure to workplace bullying. We have excluded neuroticism, as it is a well-established antecedent of workplace bullying, whereas literature suggests mixed findings on the relationships between the remaining four personality traits and workplace bullying. A total of 835 full-time Indian managers working across different Indian organizations served as the sample for our study. The results suggest that conscientiousness, agreeableness, extraversion and openness to experience negatively correlate with workplace bullying. Implications for theory and practice are also discussed in this article.

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 Pengaruh Big Five Personality terhadap Investment Decision pada Perusahaan Peer to Peer Lending

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 319
Author(s):  
Helena Helena ◽  
Indra Widjaja
Keyword(s):  
Personality Traits ◽  
Big Five ◽  
Investment Decision ◽  
Peer To Peer ◽  
Big Five Personality Traits ◽  
Openness To Experience ◽  
Big Five Personality ◽  
Significant Relation ◽  
Investment Decision Making ◽  
Peer Lending

Investment decision making is a crucial process that is influenced by many factors. This study aims to examine the personality traits that influence investment decisions in Peer to Peer Lending companies. Personality measurements performed by researchers using Big Five Personality Traits, with personality dimensions: Openness to Experience, Conscientiousness, Extraversion, Agreeableness, and Neuroticism.As a result of the hypotheses testing, it was concluded that there was a significant relation between Conscientiousness, Neuroticism with investment decision. However, Openness to Experience, Extraversion, and Agreeableness did not predict investment decision. Pengambilan keputusan investasi merupakan proses krusial yang dipengaruhi oleh banyak faktor. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menguji sifat-sifat kepribadian yang mempengaruhi keputusan investasi di perusahaan Peer to Peer Lending. Pengukuran kepribadian yang dilakukan oleh peneliti menggunakan Big Five Personality Traits, dengan dimensi kepribadian: Openness to Experience, Conscientiousness, Extraversion, Agreeableness, dan Neuroticism.Sebagai hasil dari pengujian hipotesis, disimpulkan bahwa ada hubungan yang signifikan antara Conscientiousness, Neuroticism dengan keputusan investasi. Namun, Keterbukaan terhadap Pengalaman, Extraversion, dan Agreeableness tidak memprediksi keputusan investasi.

scholarly journals CHOOSING TEACHING AS A PROFESSION: INFLUENCE OF BIG FIVE PERSONALITY TRAITS ON FALLBACK CAREER

2018 ◽  
Vol 76 (1) ◽  
pp. 100-108 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Tomšik ◽  
Viktor Gatial
Keyword(s):  
Personality Traits ◽  
Big Five ◽  
Personality Trait ◽  
Extrinsic Motivation ◽  
First Grade ◽  
Big Five Personality Traits ◽  
Openness To Experience ◽  
Big Five Personality ◽  
Teacher Trainees ◽  
Big Five Model

Personality plays a significant role in influencing motivation for choosing a perspective profession. As empirical evidence confirmed, personality traits conscientiousness, openness to experience, extraversion are in positive correlation with intrinsic motives for choosing teaching as a profession (in negative with personality trait neuroticism), and in negative correlation with extrinsic motivation and fallback career (in positive with personality trait neuroticism). The primary aim of research is to point out the importance of personality traits in career choices via detecting which personality traits are predictors of fallback career. In the research first grade university students (teacher trainees; N = 402) completed the Five Factor Inventory and SMVUP-4-S scale. As results show, Big Five personality traits are in correlation with fallback career and are a significant predictor of fallback career. The Big Five model together explained 17.4% of the variance in fallback career, where personality traits agreeableness, conscientiousness, openness to experience and neuroticism has been shown as a statistically significant predictor of fallback career of teacher trainees. Keywords: Big Five, career choice, fallback career, personality traits.

scholarly journals Comedians’ Trait Level and Stage Personalities: Evidence for Goal-Directed Personality Adaptation

2019 ◽  
Vol 46 (4) ◽  
pp. 590-602
Author(s):  
Paul Irwing ◽  
Clare Cook ◽  
Thomas V. Pollet ◽  
David J. Hughes
Keyword(s):  
Personality Traits ◽  
Big Five ◽  
Big Five Personality Traits ◽  
Openness To Experience ◽  
Big Five Personality ◽  
Trait Level ◽  
Matched Samples

Recent findings have shown that both trait levels of personality and situational variability in its expression are of importance. So here, the Big Five personality traits of 77 professional and 125 amateur stand-up comedians were compared with two large matched samples ( N > 100,000). The comedians were also observed while performing, which enabled a comparison of their stage personalities with situational requirements on 10 selected NEO-PIR facets. Both amateurs and professionals showed higher openness-to-experience, extraversion, and lower conscientiousness than their norm samples, while professionals also evidenced greater neuroticism. Irrespective of trait standing, with regard to most NEO-PIR facets, professionals expressed the appropriate on-stage persona and were better able to regulate their personality to conform to situational requirements than amateurs. This is consistent with research showing that individuals regulate their personality to conform to situational and goal requirements, and adds the finding that successful comedians demonstrate enhanced adaptability compared with amateurs.

scholarly journals Impact of Big Five Personality Traits on Entrepreneurial Intention of Engineering Undergraduates

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 35
Author(s):  
W M I Udayanganie ◽  
Mazuki Jusoh ◽  
Karuthan Chinna
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Education ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Big Five ◽  
Entrepreneurial Intention ◽  
Emotional Stability ◽  
Big Five Personality Traits ◽  
Openness To Experience ◽  
Big Five Personality ◽  
The World ◽  
Engineering Undergraduates

The purpose of this paper is to identify the influence of Big Five personality traits of extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, emotional stability and openness to experience on entrepreneurial intention of engineering undergraduates. Entrepreneurship for engineers is not new to the world. Recent changes in the world and engineering present both challenges and opportunities to engineering education. Engineering education is changing to meet these challenges. A study was conducted with the sample of 202 final year undergraduates in engineering faculties in Sri Lanka. Exploratory Factor Analysis, Multiple Regression and Structural Equation Modeling were applied to analyze the relationships of these variables.  The results demonstrate that entrepreneurial personality traits which relate significantly to entrepreneurial intention of undergraduates are characterized by high emotional stability and openness to experience. The findings are discussed and interpreted to provide important implications to practitioners and academics.

Linking job performance and big five personality traits of employees in Chandigarh IT sector

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (26) ◽  
Author(s):  
Neelu Tuteja ◽  
P. K. Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Job Performance ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Performance Appraisal ◽  
Big Five ◽  
Factor Model ◽  
Five Factor Model ◽  
Big Five Personality Traits ◽  
Openness To Experience ◽  
Measuring Instruments ◽  
Big Five Personality

Present study investigates employees fromselectedIT companies in Chandigarh to explore the predictive validity of big five personality traits on their job performance and identify the relationship between personality traits and job performance. The Big Five Personality dimensions, commonly known as five factor model consists of extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, openness to experience and neuroticism. The BFI-Personality Inventory – Revised and self structured Performance Appraisal Questionnaire were used as measuring instruments. A Correlation analysis and Causal Study (Multiple Regression Analysis) was conducted on 404 employees of selected IT companies in Chandigarh to analyzepredictive relationship. Openness to Experience, Agreeableness and Extraversion emerged as significant correlates and predictors of job performance and explained 35.2% of the variance in participants’ management performance.Neuroticism was found to be a negative correlate. On the other hand, Conscientiousness trait had insignificant relation to the model. Theoretical and managerial implications are discussed.

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