The emic–etic approach to personality measurement in personnel selection. (July 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Ion, Andrei; Iliescu, Dragos; Ilie, Alexandra; Ispas, Dan
• Is Part Of: Personality and individual differences. Volume 97(2016)
• Page Start: 55
• Page End: 60
• Publication Date: 2016-07
• Subjects: Personality -- Job performance -- Emic–etic -- Predictive bias; Personality -- Periodicals; Individuality -- Periodicals; Individuality -- Periodicals; Personality Development -- Periodicals; Personnalité -- Périodiques; Individualité -- Périodiques; 155.205
• DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2016.02.082
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0191-8869

Abstract

Abstract: The current study investigates the incremental validity of emic personality traits over etic traits and GMA in predicting job performance. Demographics, cognitive ability and personality data from two samples, of Chinese and Romanian workers from the same company, were collected and contrasted with performance data collected at two points in time. Etic personality constructs in the area of conscientiousness have criterion validity for both the Chinese and the non-Chinese sample. Emic personality dimensions don't have incremental validity over etic traits for the Chinese sample. Potential predictive bias associated with measures of cognitive ability and personality on a sample including Romanian and Chinese working adults was also investigated. Highlights: We analyzed the predictive and incremental validity of personality over GMA. We used a culturally mixed sample: Chinese and Romanian workers. We investigate the incremental validity of cultural specific personality dimensions. 'Emic' dimensions do not have incremental validity over GMA and 'etic' personality traits in predicting job performance. We did not find predictive bias associated with measures of personality and GMA.