Department of Psychology, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, North Carolina, USA.
J Pers. 2022 Aug;90(4):559-573. doi: 10.1111/jopy.12683. Epub 2021 Nov 1.
The connection between personality traits and performance has fascinated scholars in a variety of disciplines for over a century. The present research synthesizes results from 54 meta-analyses (k = 2028, N = 554,778) to examine the association of Big Five traits with overall performance.
Quantitative aggregation procedures were used to assess the association of Big Five traits with performance, both overall and in specific performance categories.
Whereas conscientiousness yielded the strongest effect (ρ = 0.19), the remaining Big Five traits yielded comparable effects (ρ = 0.10, 0.10, -0.12, and 0.13 for extraversion, agreeableness, neuroticism, and openness). These associations varied dramatically by performance category. Whereas conscientiousness was more strongly associated with academic than job performance (0.28 vs 0.20), extraversion (-0.01 vs 0.14) and neuroticism (-0.03 vs -0.15) were less strongly associated with academic performance. Finally, associations of personality with specific performance outcomes largely replicated across independent meta-analyses.
Our comprehensive synthesis demonstrates that Big Five traits have robust associations with performance and documents how these associations fluctuate across personality and performance dimensions.
人格特质与绩效之间的关系在一个多世纪以来吸引了众多学科的学者。本研究综合了 54 项荟萃分析的结果(k=2028,N=554778),以检验大五人格特质与整体绩效的关系。
采用定量聚合程序评估大五人格特质与绩效的关系,包括整体绩效和特定绩效类别。
尽责性产生的效应最强(ρ=0.19),而其余的大五人格特质产生了相当的效应(ρ=0.10、0.10、-0.12 和 0.13 分别对应外向性、宜人性、神经质和开放性)。这些关联在不同的绩效类别中差异很大。尽责性与学业绩效的关联比工作绩效更强(0.28 对 0.20),而外向性(-0.01 对 0.14)和神经质(-0.03 对-0.15)与学业绩效的关联较弱。最后,人格与特定绩效结果的关联在独立的荟萃分析中得到了很大程度的复制。
我们的综合研究表明,大五人格特质与绩效之间存在稳健的关联,并记录了这些关联如何在人格和绩效维度上波动。