Using Multiple Methods in Personality Psychology.

Roberts, Brent W.; Harms, Peter D.; Smith, Jennifer L.; Wood, Dustin; Webb, Michelle

doi:10.1037/11383-022

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“…First, it is essential that researchers select their criteria appropriately (Landy, 2005) and assess phenomena using the most relevant source (Roberts, Harms, Smith, Wood, & Webb, 2006). EI, which occurs mostly within the individual, should be assessed using self-reports or performance data.…”

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Emotional Intelligence and Transformational and Transactional Leadership: A Meta-Analysis

Harms

Credé

2010

Journal of Leadership & Organizational Studies

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The purpose of this study is to evaluate claims that emotional intelligence is significantly related to transformational and other leadership behaviors. Results (based on 62 independent samples) indicated a validity estimate of .59 when ratings of both emotional intelligence and leadership behaviors were provided by the same source (self, subordinates, peers, or superiors). However, when ratings of the constructs were derived from different sources, the validity estimate was .12. Lower validity estimates were found for transactional and laissez-faire leadership behaviors. Separate analyses were performed for each measure of emotional intelligence. Trait measures of emotional intelligence tended to show higher validities than ability-based measures of emotional intelligence. Agreement across ratings sources for the same construct was low for both transformational leadership (.14) and emotional intelligence (.16).

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Emotional Intelligence and Transformational and Transactional Leadership: A Meta-Analysis

Harms

Credé

2010

Journal of Leadership & Organizational Studies

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“…Some motivation theorists believe that one's deepest desires are unconscious and, therefore, may dispute the practice of measuring motivation using self-report questionnaires (see McClelland, Koestner and Weinberger [1989]). For a brief review of this debate and an overview of how motivation and personality trait measures differ, see Roberts, Harms, Smith et al [2006].…”

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Personality Psychology and Economics

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. www.econstor.eu Terms of use: Documents in D I S C U S S I O N P A P E R S E R I E S ABSTRACT Personality Psychology and Economics *This paper explores the power of personality traits both as predictors and as causes of academic and economic success, health, and criminal activity. Measured personality is interpreted as a construct derived from an economic model of preferences, constraints, and information. Evidence is reviewed about the "situational specificity" of personality traits and preferences. An extreme version of the situationist view claims that there are no stable personality traits or preference parameters that persons carry across different situations. Those who hold this view claim that personality psychology has little relevance for economics. The biological and evolutionary origins of personality traits are explored. Personality measurement systems and relationships among the measures used by psychologists are examined. The predictive power of personality measures is compared with the predictive power of measures of cognition captured by IQ and achievement tests. For many outcomes, personality measures are just as predictive as cognitive measures, even after controlling for family background and cognition. Moreover, standard measures of cognition are heavily influenced by personality traits and incentives. Measured personality traits are positively correlated over the life cycle. However, they are not fixed and can be altered by experience and investment. Intervention studies, along with studies in biology and neuroscience, establish a causal basis for the observed effect of personality traits on economic and social outcomes. Personality traits are more malleable over the life cycle compared to cognition, which becomes highly rank stable around age 10. Interventions that change personality are promising avenues for addressing poverty and disadvantage.JEL Classification: I2, J24

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“…There are long-lasting discussions concerning appropriate measures for the variety of traits and the resulting personality models in psychology; respective overviews are provided, e.g., by Roberts, Harms, Smith, Wood, and Webb (2006) or Borghans, Duckworth, Heckman, and ter Weel (2008).…”

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“…Common interpretations of motivation separate it from personality traits and manifest it as an additional determinant of human behavior, since motivation may differ from the more invariant personality in terms of persistence and interference (see Roberts, Harms, Smith, Wood, and Webb, 2006, for discussion on this view). A very influential work linking individual factors and environmental stimuli in terms of motivation is the so-called theory of reciprocal determinism by Bandura (1986).…”

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Noncognitive skills in economics: Models, measurement, and empirical evidence

Thiel¹,

Thomsen

2013

Research in Economics

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Die Dis cus si on Pape rs die nen einer mög lichst schnel len Ver brei tung von neue ren For schungs arbei ten des ZEW. Die Bei trä ge lie gen in allei ni ger Ver ant wor tung der Auto ren und stel len nicht not wen di ger wei se die Mei nung des ZEW dar.Dis cus si on Papers are inten ded to make results of ZEW research prompt ly avai la ble to other eco no mists in order to encou ra ge dis cus si on and sug gesti ons for revi si ons. The aut hors are sole ly respon si ble for the con tents which do not neces sa ri ly repre sent the opi ni on of the ZEW.Download this ZEW Discussion Paper from our ftp server:ftp://ftp.zew.de/pub/zew-docs/dp/dp09076.pdf Non-technical SummaryMeasuring unobserved individual ability is a core challenge of the analysis of questions related to human capital development. For that purpose, concepts from psychology, predominantly measures of IQ have become established means in empirical economics. However, many issues of individual differences and their consequences still remain unexplained. Recently, the consideration of personality traits in the economic literature has started and substantially contributes to narrow the gap of explained and unexplained aspects of human capital. With regard to human capital theory, economists usually refer to noncognitive skills in this context. The paper at hand provides an overview on the growing but influential literature in the field.The composition and impact of noncognitive skills on certain outcomes are usually less familiar to economists and, moreover, in comparison to cognition, these skills exhibit a larger scope for interventions. Therefore, the text should serve as a short introductory guide to a wide audience of readers in economics. This audience includes nonspecialist readers and experts, too. Based on the contemporary literature, central questions and findings regarding measurement, theoretical modeling, and the empirical estimates are summarized. The obtained results shed light on the relation between parental investments, skill formation in general, and later outcomes.From this review, some features highly relevant for the development of human capital skills could be identified: Early investments are the most crucial inputs into skill formation in general and should be followed by later investments. As a consequence, early neglect usually cannot be compensated in the aftermath since returns to education diminish. Even more importantly, the impact of acquired noncognitive skills on various outcomes throughout the life course is more eminent than assumed until recently. Not only schooling and later earnings, but also important social and health-related outcomes are strongly affected. Abstract There is an increasing economic literature considering personality. This paper provides an overview on the role of these skills regarding three main aspects of economic analysis: measurement, theoretical modeling, and empirical estimates. Based on the relevant literature from different disciplines, the common psychometric measures used to assess pers...

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Using Multiple Methods in Personality Psychology.

Cited by 62 publications

References 67 publications

Emotional Intelligence and Transformational and Transactional Leadership: A Meta-Analysis

Emotional Intelligence and Transformational and Transactional Leadership: A Meta-Analysis

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Noncognitive skills in economics: Models, measurement, and empirical evidence

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