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Personality characteristics of a group of white South African managers: Some implications for placement procedures
Author(s) -
Blunt Peter
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
international journal of psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.75
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1464-066X
pISSN - 0020-7594
DOI - 10.1080/00207597808246618
Subject(s) - extraversion and introversion , psychology , white (mutation) , personality , social psychology , eysenck personality questionnaire , work (physics) , applied psychology , big five personality traits , management , engineering , biochemistry , chemistry , mechanical engineering , economics , gene
The usefulness of the E.P.I. as a discriminator between functionally differentiated groups of white managers in South Africa was investigated. The results supported the hypothesis that managers performing jobs of a less routine nature would be more extraverted than managers involved in more routine work. It was suggested that the E.P.I. may have a useful role to play in organizational placement. This supported the conclusions of Eysenck (1967).