Personality and personnel selection: Going beyond self-reports and linear relationships

Author

Filip LIEVENS, Singapore Management UniversityFollow
Jinyan FAN
Jingyi LI

Publication Type

Journal Article

Version

publishedVersion

Publication Date

10-2025

Abstract

The study of personality in selection and assessment represents one of the most longstanding and voluminous literature in industrial and organizational psychology. In this paper, we review two important recent research streams. First, we review studies on alternatives to self-report personality inventories, namely the use of Situational Judgment Tests (SJTs), assessment center (AC) exercises, and a multi-rater framework. Second, we review studies that go beyond linear relationships between personality and job performance. Generally, our review reveals that these alternative approaches show promises in better understanding personality and how personality relates to performance.

Keywords

Personality, Personnel Selection, Self Report

Discipline

Human Resources Management | Industrial and Organizational Psychology | Organizational Behavior and Theory

Research Areas

Organisational Behaviour and Human Resources

Publication

Current Opinion in Psychology

Volume

65

First Page

1

Last Page

6

ISSN

2352-250X

Identifier

10.1016/j.copsyc.2025.102058

Publisher

Elsevier

Citation

LIEVENS, Filip; FAN, Jinyan; and LI, Jingyi. Personality and personnel selection: Going beyond self-reports and linear relationships. (2025). Current Opinion in Psychology. 65, 1-6.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/7740

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2025.102058