Personality Homogeneity in Organizations and Occupations: Considering Similarity Sources

King, Danielle; Ott-Holland, Catherine; Ryan, Ann Marie; Huang, Jason L.; Wadlington, Patrick L.; Elizondo, Fabian

doi:10.1007/s10869-016-9459-4

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“…It should, however, be emphasized that performing and making music also requires discipline, orderliness and motivation, so a certain level of Conscientiousness could be advantageous, but apparently not too much. High scores on Conscientiousness seem to be more suitable for occupations requiring less creativity such as practical-technical tasks, administration and data (King et al, 2017).…”

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Personality traits in musicians

Gjermunds¹,

Brechan²,

Johnsen³

et al. 2020

Current Issues in Personality Psychology

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Performing music is a complex creative activity which in addition to professional skills requires phantasy, a sense of aesthetics, cognitive involvement, intellectual curiosity, perceptual sensitivity, mental flexibility, but also discipline, motor precision and speed, attention endurance, emotional expression and communication. Many of these characteristics are also reflected in personality traits such as Openness, Extraversion, Conscientiousness and to some degree Neuroticism. Previous research has investigated the differences between personality traits amongst musicians, but there are few studies that compare personality characteristics between musicians and non-musicians. participants and procedure Using the Ten-Item Personality Measure (TIPI) the present study investigated Big Five personality traits in a sample of musicians (n = 509) compared to non-musicians (n = 201). results Controlled for gender and age, the findings demonstrated that musicians had significantly higher scores on Openness and lower scores on Conscientiousness compared with non-musicians. There were no significant differences between the groups in Extraversion, Agreeableness and Emotional Stability-Neuroticism. The differences were larger for Openness than for Conscientiousness. conclusions Musicians seem to differ from non-musicians in two traits: somewhat lower scores on Conscientiousness, and considerably higher scores in Openness to experience. Thus, Openness seems to be the most typical personality trait for musicians. There were no significant differences in Extraversion, Agreeableness or Emotional Stability (Neuroticism) between the two groups. These results suggest that musicians are more creative and openminded than nonmusicians.

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Personality traits in musicians

Gjermunds¹,

Brechan²,

Johnsen³

et al. 2020

Current Issues in Personality Psychology

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“…As such, the present study was conducted in an open access environment, exploring the interactions between individual interest PE fit and environment program diversity. Although we derived our hypotheses from homogeneity theory, we do not consider interest diversity as a mere synonym for homogeneity [27,28,20]. In fact, our operationalization of the interest diversity construct is quite unique, as it reuses measures of PE fit as an indication of how a student deviates from his study program profile.…”

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“…The age old homogeneity assumption states that people who display similarity in characteristics such as vocational interests tend to lean towards similar environments, with literature spanning more than half a century [27,28,20]. As a consequence, environments like professional occupations are inhabited with individuals that have similar patterns of vocational interests.…”

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The effects of vocational interest on study results: Student person – environment fit and program interest diversity

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The extent to which a good person-environment (PE) interest fit between student and study program leads to better study results in higher education is an ongoing debate wherein the role of the study program environment has remained inadequately studied. Unanswered questions include: how diverse study programs are in the interests of their student populations, and how this program interest diversity influences study results, in comparison to individual PE fit? The present study addressed these questions in students (N = 4,635) enrolled in open-access university education. In such an open access system, students are allowed to make study choices without prior limitations based on previous achievement or high stakes testing. Starting from the homogeneity assumption applied to this open access setting, we propose several hypotheses regarding program interest diversity, motivation, student-program interest fit, and study results. Furthermore, we applied a method of measuring interest diversity based on an existing measure of correlational person-environment fit. Results indicated that interest diversity in an open access study environment was low across study programs. Results also showed the variance present in program interest diversity was linked to autonomous and controlled motivation in the programs’ student populations. Finally, program interest diversity better explained study results than individual student fit with their program of choice. Indeed, program interest diversity explained up to 44% of the variance in the average program’s study results while individual student-program fit hardly predicted study success at all. Educational policy makers should therefore be aware of the importance of both interest fit and interest diversity during the process of study orientation.

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“…The Birkman method (Birkman et al ., ) personality section captures individuals’ usual behaviour in dealing with tasks and relationships. The measure has been validated using exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, classical test theory, and item response theory (technical report, Birkman International, Inc., ), as well as used in prior research (Huang et al ., ; King et al ., ; Ott‐Holland, Huang, Ryan, Elizondo, & Wadlington, ; Ott‐Holland et al ., ). The two personality scales in the current work are social and control orientation, the Birkman scales most closely aligned with extraversion and agreeableness, which have evidenced reliabilities of .86 and .70, respectively, in prior research (Birkman et al ., ).…”

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Social identity management strategies of women in STEM fields

Ryan

King

Elizondo³

et al. 2019

J Occupat & Organ Psyc

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Recruiting and retaining women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) occupations is seen as challenging, and researchers have begun to consider how women manage their identity in these contexts in response to potential questions of fit. Within identity management theoretical work, there has been little attention to occupational influences. Based on role congruity theory, we investigate occupational characteristics as influences on women's gender identity management, along with individual differences and organizational support influences. Results suggest that engaging in identity management behaviours is unrelated to the gender stereotypicality or gender composition of the field, but that support, fit (i.e., congruence between the interests of the individual and occupation), and personality affect engagement in these behaviours. Implications for enhancing the experiences of women in STEM fields as well as for social identity-related research more broadly are discussed. Practitioner pointsIndividuals may differ in how they choose to address stigmatization at work, based on their personality and fit with the position. Perceived organizational support is associated with willingness to engage in stigmatization confronting strategies. Efforts to understand and affect identity management strategy use should consider individual characteristics (i.e., interests and personality).

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Personality Homogeneity in Organizations and Occupations: Considering Similarity Sources

Cited by 23 publications

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Personality traits in musicians

Personality traits in musicians

The effects of vocational interest on study results: Student person – environment fit and program interest diversity

Social identity management strategies of women in STEM fields

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