Department of Psychology, Education, and Child Studies, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Department of Psychology, Western Illinois University, USA.
Acta Psychol (Amst). 2023 Apr;234:103847. doi: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2023.103847. Epub 2023 Feb 1.
Previous studies have suggested that a general factor exists at the top of the hierarchal structure of personality. One interpretation of this General Factor of Personality (GFP) is that it reflects social effectiveness. Accordingly, in a large employee sample (N = 1267), we tested whether the GFP relates to several outcomes assumed to be linked with social effectiveness. Specifically, we examine whether the GFP is positively related to salary and to obtaining a leadership position. Additionally, we test whether high-GFP employees more often work in social occupations. Controlling for demographics and background variables, it was found that the GFP is indeed positively related to monthly (gross) salary. Moreover, employees occupying leadership positions in organizations scored higher on the GFP. GFP scores of employees in more social occupations (e.g., education, health care) were higher than of employees in other types of jobs (e.g., construction). GFP scores were also positively associated with the extent to which one has to relate to others in the job. Overall, the pattern of findings is in line with the notion of the GFP as relating to social effectiveness or adaptiveness, which are assumed to play a significant role in occupational outcomes.
先前的研究表明，人格的层次结构的顶层存在一个一般因素。对这种人格的一般因素 (GFP) 的一种解释是，它反映了社会效力。因此，在一项大型员工样本（N=1267）中，我们测试了 GFP 是否与几个被认为与社会效力相关的结果有关。具体来说，我们研究了 GFP 是否与工资和获得领导职位呈正相关。此外，我们还测试了高 GFP 员工是否更经常从事社会职业。在控制了人口统计和背景变量后，发现 GFP 确实与月薪（毛额）呈正相关。此外，在组织中担任领导职位的员工在 GFP 上的得分更高。从事更多社会职业（如教育、医疗保健）的员工的 GFP 得分高于从事其他类型工作（如建筑）的员工。GFP 得分还与工作中与他人的关系程度呈正相关。总的来说，这些发现的模式与 GFP 与社会效力或适应性有关的观点一致，而社会效力或适应性被认为在职业结果中起着重要作用。
