Problem 3

Question 1

A1 Van Der Linden: Which Big Five Traits are positively related to Organizational Citizenship behavior (OCB)?

Answer 1

All except neuroticism which is negatively related

Question 2

A1 Van Der Linden: Which Big Five Traits are positively related to Counterproductive work behavior (CWB)?

Answer 2

Conscientiousness, agreeableness, and emotional stability

Question 3

A1 Van Der Linden: Which Big Five Traits are positively related to leadership ratings?

Answer 3

All except agreeableness

Question 4

A1 Van Der Linden: What is the HEXACO model?

Answer 4

The Big Five with the addition of a sixth dimension => honesty-humility

Question 5

A1 Van Der Linden: People who score high on honesty-humility are less likely to be…

Answer 5

…part of socially undesirable behaviors

Question 6

A1 Van Der Linden: What are the dark triats?

Answer 6

Machiavellianism = unconventional morality, little empathy, and a willingness to manipulate
Narcissism = unrealistic positive view of themselves
Psychopathy = impulsiveness, with little empathy and fear

Question 7

A1 Van Der Linden: What is the bandwidth-fidelity problem?

Answer 7

Whether it is better to use narrow or wide traits when predicting work performance

Question 8

A1 Van Der Linden: What is the General Factor of Personality?

Answer 8

It measures the socially desirable ends of personality measures (a broad trait)

Question 9

A1 Van Der Linden: Is the criterion validity of GFP on job performance good or bad?

Answer 9

Good

Question 10

A2 Lee: What is the lexical approach?

Answer 10

Important personality traits are encoded in any natural language

Question 11

A2 Lee: Did the HEXACO or the Big Five Model perform better in predicting workplace delinquency and overt integrity tests?

Answer 11

The HEXACO model

Question 12

A2 Lee: Which dimension of the HEXACO model was found to most strongly correlated with measures of integrity?

Answer 12

Honesty-humility

Question 13

A3 Van der Linden: What are the 2 theories about the concern of the nature of the General Factor of Personality (GFP)

Answer 13

Artefact account = GFP is nothing more than an artefact caused by the way personality is measured
Substantive account = GFP is related to a wide range of life outcomes (not supported that much)

Question 14

A3 Van der Linden: What were the general findings?

Answer 14

GFP is associated with behavioral outcomes, and it shows support for the substantive account

Question 15

A4 Jonason: In what career will narcissists be more interested?

Answer 15

artistic, entrepreneurial, social careers, to be admired and exhibit social dominance

Question 16

A4 Jonason: In what career will machiavellians be more interested?

Answer 16

enterprising jobs, avoiding careers that involve taking care of others

Question 17

A4 Jonason: In what career will psychopaths be more interested?

Answer 17

realistic and practical careers, that do not require them to interact with outsiders

Question 18

A4 Jonason: What are the gender differences in the dark triad?

Answer 18

Women have lower scores and are more likely to choose artistic social jobs, and men have higher scores and choose more realistic jobs (may be partly due to individual differences)