The validity of the Big Five personality traits for job performance : meta-analyses of South African studies

dc.contributor.authorVan Aarde, Ninette
dc.contributor.authorMeiring, Deon
dc.contributor.authorWiernik, Brenton M.
dc.contributor.emaildeon.meiring@up.ac.zaen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2017-08-25T05:27:31Z
dc.date.issued2017-09
dc.descriptionThis work is based on the Master's thesis by Ninette van Aarde. (http://hdl.handle.net/2263/53004)en_ZA
dc.descriptionA previous version of this paper was presented at the 18th Annual conference of the Society of Industrial-Organizational Psychology South Africa (SIOPSA), Pretoria, South Africa.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractPrevious meta-analyses have established the Big Five personality traits as important predictors of job performance around the globe. This study extends the international generalizability of Big Five criterion-related validity through systematic review and meta-analyses of personality–performance research conducted in South Africa. We meta-analyzed data from 33 studies and 6,782 individuals to estimate validities of Big Five traits for various job performance criteria. Results showed that the Big Five traits have similar validity for job performance criteria as found in other cultural contexts. Conscientiousness was the strongest predictor across performance criteria, while other traits showed validity for specific criteria or subsamples. Results demonstrate the importance of psychometric meta-analysis for building cumulative knowledge and support applied use of personality assessments in South Africa. Consistency of the results of this study with those of previous meta-analyses in other national contexts supports the argument that personality–performance relations are a cultural universal.en_ZA
dc.description.departmentHuman Resource Managementen_ZA
dc.description.embargo2019-09-30
dc.description.librarianhj2017en_ZA
dc.description.sponsorshipThe National Science Foundation through a Graduate Research Fellowship to B. M. Wiernik, by USAID through a Research and Innovation Fellowship to B. M. Wiernik, and by the Belgian American Educational Foundation through a postdoctoral fellowship to B. M. Wiernik.en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1468-2389en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationVan Aarde, N., Meiring, D. & Wiernik, B.M. 2017, 'The validity of the Big Five personality traits for job performance : meta-analyses of South African studies', International Journal of Selection and Assessment, vol. 25, no. 3, pp. 223-239.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0965-075X (print)
dc.identifier.issn1468-2389 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.1111/ijsa.12175
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/61789
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherWileyen_ZA
dc.rights© 2017 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is the pre-peer reviewed version of the following article : 'The validity of the Big Five personality traits for job performance : meta-analyses of South African studies', International Journal of Selection and Assessment, vol. 25, no. 3, pp. 223-239, 2017, doi : 10.1111/ijsa.12175. The definite version is available at : http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1468-2389.en_ZA
dc.subjectJob performanceen_ZA
dc.subjectPersonalityen_ZA
dc.subjectTraining performanceen_ZA
dc.subjectAcademic performanceen_ZA
dc.subjectConscientiousnessen_ZA
dc.subjectMeta-analysisen_ZA
dc.subjectSouth Africa (SA)en_ZA
dc.subjectCounterproductive work behaviorsen_ZA
dc.titleThe validity of the Big Five personality traits for job performance : meta-analyses of South African studiesen_ZA
dc.typePostprint Articleen_ZA

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