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SELF‐MONITORING AS A MODERATOR OF THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN PERSONALITY TRAITS AND PERFORMANCE
Author(s) -
BARRICK MURRAY R.,
PARKS LAURA,
MOUNT MICHAEL K.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
personnel psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.076
H-Index - 142
eISSN - 1744-6570
pISSN - 0031-5826
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-6570.2005.00716.x
Subject(s) - psychology , extraversion and introversion , openness to experience , big five personality traits , moderation , personality , interpersonal communication , big five personality traits and culture , social psychology , hierarchical structure of the big five , alternative five model of personality
This study examined the hypothesis that self‐monitoring moderates the relationship between Big Five personality traits and interpersonal performance. The findings from a sample of 102 employed Executive MBA students reveal that when self‐monitoring was high the relationships between 3 of the Big Five personality traits (Extraversion, Emotional Stability, and Openness to Experience) and supervisory ratings of interpersonal performance were attenuated. These effects were replicated using peer ratings of interpersonal performance for Extraversion and Emotional Stability but not for Openness to Experience. Further, as expected, self‐monitoring did not moderate the relationships between personality traits and supervisory or peer ratings of task performance. Implications for future research in the area of personality and other motivational theories are discussed.