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The Five-Factor Model, forced-choice personality inventories and performance: A comprehensive meta-analysis of academic and occupational validity studies

Salgado, Jesús F., Táuriz, Gabriel·2014·European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology

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This article reports a comprehensive meta-analysis of the criterion-oriented validity of the Big Five personality dimensions assessed with forced-choice (FC) inventories. Six criteria (i.e., performance ratings, training proficiency, productivity, grade-point average, global occupational performance, and global academic performance) and three types of FC scores (i.e., normative, quasi-ipsative, and ipsative) served for grouping the validity coefficients. Globally, the results showed that the Big Five assessed with FC measures have similar or slightly higher validity than the Big Five assessed with single-stimulus (SS) personality inventories. Quasi-ipsative measures of conscientiousness (K = 44, N = 8794, ρ = .40) are found to be better predictors of job performance than normative and ipsative measures. FC inventories also showed similar reliability coefficients to SS inventories. Implications of the findings for theory and practice in academic and personnel decisions are discussed, and future research is suggested.

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Authors
Salgado, J. F., & Táuriz, G.
Affiliations
Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (ES)
Corresponding author
Salgado, Jesús F.
Venue
European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology
Published
2012-10-10
Volume
23
Issue
1
Pages
3-30
ISSN
  • 1359-432X (ISSN-L)
  • 1464-0643
OpenAlex
W2127358439
Cited by
205
References
224
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1.02
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
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European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Traits and Psychology
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Psychological Testing and Assessment
  • Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Management Science and Operations Research › Psychometric Methodologies and Testing
Keywords
Big Five personality traits, criterion validity, employee performance, conscientiousness, academic performance, personnel selection, productivity, grade point average

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