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Ability and Personality Predictors of Salary, Perceived Job Success, and Perceived Career Success in the Initial Career Stage
Author(s) -
Rode Joseph C.,
ArthaudDay Marne L.,
Mooney Christine H.,
Near Janet P.,
Baldwin Timothy T.
Publication year - 2008
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/j.1468-2389.2008.00435.x
Subject(s) - psychology , salary , extraversion and introversion , agreeableness , personality , social psychology , big five personality traits , job satisfaction , applied psychology , clinical psychology , political science , law
Using longitudinal data from a sample of recent college graduates, we examined the effects of ability (general mental ability and emotional intelligence) and personality (Big Five and proactive personality) on extrinsic (i.e., salary) and intrinsic (i.e., perceived job and career success) indicators of career success. Results from regression analyses indicated that gender, extroversion, and agreeableness were the strongest predictors of salary. Emotional stability and proactive personality predicted perceived job success, while extroversion was significantly related to perceived career success. Neither of the ability measures significantly predicted our indicators of extrinsic or intrinsic career success. Implications for theory and practice are discussed.