HEXACO personality predicts counterproductive work behavior and organizational citizenship behavior in low-stakes and job applicant contexts

Author

Jeromy ANGLIM, Deakin University
Filip LIEVENS, Singapore Management UniversityFollow
Lisa EVERTON, Swinburne University of Technology
Sharon L. GRANT, Swinburne University of Technology
Andrew MARTY, SACS Consulting

Publication Type

Journal Article

Version

acceptedVersion

Publication Date

12-2018

Abstract

This study examined the degree to which the predictive validity of personality declines in job applicant settings. Participants completed the 200-item HEXACO Personality Inventory-Revised, either as part of confidential research (347 non-applicants) or an actual job application (260 job applicants). Approximately 18-months later, participants completed a confidential survey measuring organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) and counterproductive work behavior (CWB). There was evidence for a small drop in predictive validity among job applicants, however honesty-humility, extraversion, agreeableness, and conscientiousness predicted lower levels of CWB and higher levels of OCB in both job applicants and non -applicants. The study also informs the use of the HEXACO model of personality in selection settings, reporting typical levels of applicant faking and facet-level predictive validity. (C) 2018 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Keywords

Faking, Employee selection, HEXACO, Organizational citizenship behavior, Counterproductive work behavior

Discipline

Human Resources Management | Industrial and Organizational Psychology | Personality and Social Contexts | Psychology

Research Areas

Organisational Behaviour and Human Resources

Publication

Journal of Research in Personality

Volume

77

First Page

11

Last Page

20

ISSN

0092-6566

Identifier

10.1016/j.jrp.2018.09.003

Publisher

Elsevier: 24 months

Citation

ANGLIM, Jeromy; LIEVENS, Filip; EVERTON, Lisa; GRANT, Sharon L.; and MARTY, Andrew. HEXACO personality predicts counterproductive work behavior and organizational citizenship behavior in low-stakes and job applicant contexts. (2018). Journal of Research in Personality. 77, 11-20.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/5971

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Creative Commons License

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Additional URL

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2018.09.003