Inter-individual differences in intra-individual variability in personality within and across contexts

Beckmann, N.; Birney, D.P.; Beckmann, J.F.; Wood, R.E.; Sojo, V.; Bowman, D.

Abstract

This study focuses on intra-individual variability in personality at work, and how it relates to job performance. 288 professionals completed contextualised adjective-based personality assessments in work and non-work contexts, and a non-contextualised personality measure. Ratings of their personality were also obtained from colleagues, family members and friends. Supervisors provided performance ratings for 130 participants. Results indicate that personality is context- and source-dependent, and varies systematically within contexts intra-individually regardless of source. Whilst this variability was predictive of some performance criteria when based on other-ratings, overall predictive effects were small in number and size. This study adds to the relatively small body of research on personality variability and performance and contributes to the conceptualisation of personality as a dynamic construct.

Citation

Beckmann, N., Birney, D., Beckmann, J., Wood, R., Sojo, V., & Bowman, D. (2020). Inter-individual differences in intra-individual variability in personality within and across contexts. Journal of Research in Personality, 85, Article 103909. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2019.103909

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Dec 16, 2019
• Online Publication Date: Dec 17, 2019
• Publication Date: 2020-04
• Deposit Date: Dec 19, 2019
• Publicly Available Date: Dec 17, 2021
• Journal: Journal of Research in Personality
• Print ISSN: 0092-6566
• Electronic ISSN: 1095-7251
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 85
• Article Number: 103909
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2019.103909
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1280527