Investigating the factor structure of the South African Personality Inventory – English version

dc.contributor.authorMorton, Nadia
dc.contributor.authorHill, Carin
dc.contributor.authorMeiring, Deon
dc.contributor.authorDe Beer, Leon T.
dc.date.accessioned2020-03-09T07:56:13Z
dc.date.available2020-03-09T07:56:13Z
dc.date.issued2019-10-17
dc.description.abstractORIENTATION : Most psychological measuring instruments developed in Western, educated, industrial, rich, democratic (W.E.I.R.D.) countries have been found to inadequately capture and represent personality outside the borders of these countries. Consequently, culturally informed or indigenous measuring instruments need to be developed. RESEARCH PURPOSE : This study aimed to inspect whether an overlap exists between the empirical data obtained and the theoretical six-factor SAPI framework, providing evidence for an indigenous personality structure in a multi-cultural context. MOTIVATION FOR THE STUDY : Psychological professionals in South Africa have been criticised for using culturally biased instruments that do not display an accurate representation of the 11 official cultural groups. The South African Personality Inventory (SAPI) aims to address these criticisms, highlighting the importance of establishing the cultural applicability of the model through model-fit analyses. RESEARCH APPROACH/DESIGN AND METHOD : A quantitative, cross-sectional design was used to administer the SAPI-English version to a sample of employed, unemployed and employmentseeking South Africans (N = 3912). Exploratory Structural Equation Modelling (ESEM) was used to model the data. MAIN FINDINGS : The results revealed that the model was a good fit to the data and that the SAPI factors accurately represent personality in a multi-cultural context. PRACTICAL/MANAGERIAL IMPLICATION : Using a well-researched indigenous personality assessment like the SAPI can assist South African organisations to fairly and reliably assess people across the 11 official cultural groups. CONTRIBUTION/VALUE-ADD : This study advances the processes surrounding indigenous test development through the establishment of a personality model and measure that encapsulates personality traits exhibited in a multi-cultural context.en_ZA
dc.description.departmentHuman Resource Managementen_ZA
dc.description.librarianam2020en_ZA
dc.description.sponsorshipThe National Research Foundation (NRF), Grant No. (111764).en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://www.sajip.co.zaen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationMorton, N., Hill, C., Meiring, D., & De Beer, L.T. (2019). Investigating the factor structure of the South African Personality Inventory – English version. SA Journal of Industrial Psychology/SA Tydskrif vir Bedryfsielkunde, 45(0), a1556. https://DOI.org/10.4102/sajip.v45i0.1556.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0258-5200 (print)
dc.identifier.issn2071-0763 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.4102/sajip.v45i0.1556
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/73680
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherAOSIS Open Journalsen_ZA
dc.rights© 2019. The Authors. Licensee: AOSIS. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License.en_ZA
dc.subjectPersonalityen_ZA
dc.subjectFactor structureen_ZA
dc.subjectAssessmenten_ZA
dc.subjectSouth African personality inventory (SAPI)en_ZA
dc.subjectSouth Africa (SA)en_ZA
dc.subjectWestern, educated, industrial, rich, democratic (WEIRD)en_ZA
dc.subjectExploratory structural equation modelling (ESEM)en_ZA
dc.titleInvestigating the factor structure of the South African Personality Inventory – English versionen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA

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