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Self‐monitoring personality trait at work: An integrative narrative review and future research directions
Author(s) -
Kudret Selin,
Erdogan Berrin,
Bauer Talya N.
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of organizational behavior
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.938
H-Index - 177
eISSN - 1099-1379
pISSN - 0894-3796
DOI - 10.1002/job.2346
Subject(s) - self monitoring , psychology , narrative review , moderation , context (archaeology) , trait , narrative , personality , systematic review , applied psychology , social psychology , psychotherapist , computer science , medline , political science , paleontology , linguistics , philosophy , law , biology , programming language
Summary In this narrative review, we provide an overview of the self‐monitoring literature as it applies to the workplace context. Our starting point to the review is a meta‐analysis of self‐monitoring literature published in [Day, D. V., 2002] by Day, Schleicher, Unckless, and Hiller. After providing an overview of the theoretical basis of self‐monitoring and its measurement, we present a summary of the broad literature on self‐monitoring to examine the implications of self‐monitoring for employees and organizations. Based on our review, we identify the main outcomes of self‐monitoring as well as findings of the literature treating self‐monitoring as a moderator. We provide evidence that self‐monitoring has potential downsides, which would benefit from further investigation. We conclude our review by identifying important potential future research directions.