Interaction and intersection: The constellation of emotional stability and extraversion in predicting performance

摘要

This study investigated the constellation of 2 Big 5 traits-Emotional Stability and Extraversion-in predicting job performance. Two forms of the constellation, one indirect (a statistical interaction) and the other direct (a measure of the intersection between the traits from the Big 5 circumplex), were used to predict job performance. Data were collected from employees and their supervisors at a regional health and fitness center. Results indicated that both measures predicted performance, even when controlling for the '' main effects '' of Emotional Stability and Extraversion, as well as 2 other relevant Big 5 traits (Agreeableness and Conscientiousness). These results suggest that the combination of Emotional Stability and Extraversion-reflecting a '' happy '' or '' buoyant '' personality-may be more important to performance than either trait in isolation.