Department of Psychology, "Babeş-Bolyai" University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Department of Organization, Open University of the Netherlands, Heerlen, The Netherlands.
Int J Psychol. 2019 Oct;54(5):638-649. doi: 10.1002/ijop.12511. Epub 2018 Jul 16.
This study investigates the relationships between personality traits and contributions to teamwork that are often assumed to be linear. We use a theory-driven approach to propose that extraversion, agreeableness and conscientiousness have inverted U-shaped relationships with contributions to teamwork. In a sample of 220 participants asked to perform a creative task in teams, we found that extraversion, agreeableness and conscientiousness were curvilinearly associated with peer-rated contributions to teamwork in such a way that the associations were positive, with a decreasing slope, up to a peak, and then they became negative as personality scores further increased. We replicated the results concerning the non-linear association between extraversion, conscientiousness and peer-rated contributions to teamwork in a sample of 314 participants engaged in a collaborative learning exercise. Our results support recent claims and empirical evidence that explorations of personality-work-related behaviours relationships should move beyond the linearity assumptions. We conclude by discussing the implications of our research for personnel selection.
本研究探讨了人格特质与团队合作贡献之间的关系，这些关系通常被认为是线性的。我们采用理论驱动的方法，提出外向性、宜人性和尽责性与团队合作贡献呈倒 U 型关系。在一项要求 220 名参与者在团队中完成创造性任务的研究中，我们发现外向性、宜人性和尽责性与同伴评定的团队合作贡献呈曲线相关，这种关联是积极的，斜率逐渐减小，达到峰值，然后随着人格得分进一步增加，关联变为负性。我们在一项由 314 名参与合作学习练习的参与者组成的样本中复制了外向性、尽责性与同伴评定的团队合作贡献之间的非线性关联的结果。我们的研究结果支持了最近的观点和实证证据，即对人格与工作相关行为关系的探索应该超越线性假设。最后，我们讨论了本研究对人员选拔的意义。
