Utilizing Five Factor Model facets to conceptualize counterproductive, unethical, and organizational citizenship workplace behaviors. (1st December 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Helle, Ashley C.; DeShong, Hilary L.; Lengel, Gregory J.; Meyer, Neil A.; Butler, Jaiden; Mullins-Sweatt, Stephanie N.
• Is Part Of: Personality and individual differences. Volume 135(2018)
• Page Start: 113
• Page End: 120
• Publication Date: 2018-12-01
• Subjects: Personality facets -- Five Factor Model -- Workplace deviance -- Organizational citizenship -- Unethical behaviors; Personality -- Periodicals; Individuality -- Periodicals; Individuality -- Periodicals; Personality Development -- Periodicals; Personnalité -- Périodiques; Individualité -- Périodiques; 155.205
• DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2018.06.056
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0191-8869

Abstract

Abstract: General personality traits have potential utility for assisting with employee selection processes and predicting employee behaviors. Previous research has examined and provided evidence for the Five Factor Model (FFM) personality domains with positive and negative workplace behaviors, but few studies have examined these relationships at the facet level. To address this gap in the literature, the current study examined the association between workplace behaviors and FFM facets in both university students and Amazon Mechanical Turk (MTurk) samples. Resampling techniques were utilized to examine the relationships of FFM personality traits, with both positively oriented (i.e., organizational citizenship) and negatively oriented (i.e., workplace deviance, and unethical) workplace behaviors. The results demonstrated that FFM facets are meaningfully associated with positive and negative workplace behaviors and highlighted the evidence for the utility of considering facet level relationships, beyond domain level analyses. Counterproductive workplace behaviors were primarily associated negatively with facets of agreeableness and conscientiousness, and organizational citizenship behaviors were primarily associated positively with facets of extraversion and conscientiousness and negatively with neuroticism. The applied utility of personality trait assessment and facet-level analysis is discussed relative to workplace behaviors. Highlights: FFM personality facets are related to workplace behaviors in two samples. Organizational and interpersonal behaviors are examined in relation to FFM facets. Positive workplace behaviors related to low neuroticism, facets of extraversion Negative workplace behaviors related to low conscientiousness and agreeableness