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Predicting innovative performance through proactive personality: Examining its criterion validity and incremental validity over the five‐factor model
Author(s) -
Rodrigues Nuno,
Rebelo Teresa
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
international journal of selection and assessment
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.812
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1468-2389
pISSN - 0965-075X
DOI - 10.1111/ijsa.12232
Subject(s) - psychology , incremental validity , personality , supervisor , proactivity , sample (material) , criterion validity , social psychology , applied psychology , multinational corporation , big five personality traits , external validity , test validity , psychometrics , construct validity , developmental psychology , management , chemistry , chromatography , political science , law , economics
Abstract Innovation has emerged as a key work outcome for modern organizations. The present paper answers recent calls from several researchers for further empirical research on the validity of personality variables for predicting individual innovative performance. More specifically, it is focused on the validity of proactive personality. Using a sample of 170 software engineers and their direct supervisors from a multinational information technology firm, we found that this individual disposition represents a valid and meaningful predictor of individual innovative performance, when assessed through supervisor ratings. Further analyses have also shown that proactive personality remains a significant predictor of this criterion, when the big five factors of personality are taken into account. Theoretical and practical implications of these findings are presented and discussed.