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Job Experience and Big Five Personality Dimensions
Author(s) -
Moscoso Silvia,
Iglesias Mar
Publication year - 2009
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.1468-2389.2009.00466.x
Subject(s) - psychology , personality , sample (material) , applied psychology , personnel selection , big five personality traits , social psychology , job performance , job satisfaction , statistics , mathematics , chromatography , chemistry
Using a sample of engineers ( N =80), the correlation between job experience and the personality dimensions was estimated. The results showed very small correlations. Based on these results, we suggest that composites created with job experience and personality measures can be useful for personnel selection.