Integrating the study of within- and between-person variability in personality at work

Beckmann, N.; Minbashian, A.; Wood, R.E.

Abstract

Research on personality in the workplace has primarily focussed on differences between individuals in their typical thoughts, feelings and behaviours as represented in the five-factor model of personality (McCrae & Costa, 1999). We argue that a within-person conceptualisation of personality offers additional meaningful insights into the role of personality in general and at work in particular. In this chapter we present a multi-level framework that integrates between- and within-person approaches to the study of personality in the workplace. We outline questions of interest that arise within this approach, provide examples from the literature that illustrate each question and highlight future research directions.

Citation

Beckmann, N., Minbashian, A., & Wood, R. (2011). Integrating the study of within- and between-person variability in personality at work. In S. Boag, & N. Tiliopoulos (Eds.), Personality and individual differences : theory, assessment and application. Nova

• Publication Date: 2011
• Deposit Date: Oct 5, 2011
• Publicly Available Date: Mar 6, 2012
• Book Title: Personality and individual differences : theory, assessment and application.
• Chapter Number: 2
• Keywords: Five-factor model; Experience sampling; Organisational psychology; Personality; Within-person variability.
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1686360
• Publisher URL: https://www.novapublishers.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=19269