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The moderating role of honesty‐humility in the association of agreeableness with interpersonal competency: A study of managers in two countries
Author(s) -
Wang Ying,
Dunlop Patrick D.,
Parker Sharon K.,
Griffin Mark A.,
Gachunga Hazel
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
applied psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.497
H-Index - 88
eISSN - 1464-0597
pISSN - 0269-994X
DOI - 10.1111/apps.12318
Subject(s) - agreeableness , psychology , personality , humility , honesty , interpersonal communication , social psychology , big five personality traits , developmental psychology , extraversion and introversion , theology , philosophy
Abstract The honesty‐humility factor from the HEXACO model of personality has been found to offer incremental validity in predicting several work‐related criteria over the remaining factors, yet its interplay with other personality factors is rarely examined. In this study, we examined how honesty‐humility (the tendency to be sincere, fair, non‐materialistic, and modest) can moderate the relation between agreeableness and interpersonal competency. Specifically, drawing on the theory of self‐concept, we proposed that agreeableness will have a stronger association with interpersonal competency among individuals who are higher on honesty‐humility, and relatively less so among individuals who are lower on honesty‐humility. Across three samples of people in managerial roles from two different cultures (Australia and Kenya), we found that honesty‐humility, indeed, moderated the agreeableness—interpersonal competency relation, both when the criterion was measured by self‐report (Sample 1, N = 167; Sample 2, N = 320; Sample 3, N = 296) and other‐report (Sample 3, N = 195). In all three samples, the positive relation of agreeableness with interpersonal competency was strongest among those who were also higher on honesty‐humility. Such an interaction effect was robust after controlling for the remaining HEXACO personality factors.