Integrating the study of within-and between-person variability in personality at work

Nadin Beckmann; Amirali Minbashian; Robert E. Wood

Integrating the study of within-and between-person variability in personality at work

Nadin Beckmann^*, Amirali Minbashian, Robert E. Wood

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Abstract

Research on personality in the workplace has primarily focussed on differences between individuals in their typical thoughts, feelings and behaviours as represented in the five-factor model of personality (McCrae & Costa, 1999). We argue that a withinperson conceptualisation of personality offers additional meaningful insights into the role of personality in general and at work in particular. In this chapter we present a multi-level framework that integrates between-and within-person approaches to the study of personality in the workplace. We outline questions of interest that arise within this approach, provide examples from the literature that illustrate each question and highlight future research directions.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Personality and individual differences
Subtitle of host publication	theory, assessment, and application
Editors	Simon Boag, Niko Tiliopoulos
Place of Publication	Hauppauge, N.Y.
Publisher	Nova Science Publishers
Pages	11-20
Number of pages	10
ISBN (Electronic)	9781611225884
ISBN (Print)	9781611220704
Publication status	Published - 2011
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Experience sampling
Five-factor model
Organisational psychology
Personality
Within-person variability

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Integrating the study of within-and between-person variability in personality at work. / Beckmann, Nadin; Minbashian, Amirali; Wood, Robert E.
Personality and individual differences: theory, assessment, and application. ed. / Simon Boag; Niko Tiliopoulos. Hauppauge, N.Y.: Nova Science Publishers, 2011. p. 11-20.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

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