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Niess, Christiane and Zacher, Hannes ORCID: 0000-0001-6336-2947 (2015). Openness to Experience as a Predictor and Outcome of Upward Job Changes into Managerial and Professional Positions. PLoS One, 10 (6). SAN FRANCISCO: PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE. ISSN 1932-6203

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Abstract

In industrial and organizational psychology, there is a long tradition of studying personality as an antecedent of work outcomes. Recently, however, scholars have suggested that personality characteristics may not only predict, but also change due to certain work experiences, a notion that is depicted in the dynamic developmental model (DDM) of personality and work. Upward job changes are an important part of employees' careers and career success in particular, and we argue that these career transitions can shape personality over time. In this study, we investigate the Big Five personality characteristics as both predictors and outcomes of upward job changes into managerial and professional positions. We tested our hypotheses by applying event history analyses and propensity score matching to a longitudinal dataset collected over five years from employees in Australia. Results indicated that participants' openness to experience not only predicted, but that changes in openness to experience also followed from upward job changes into managerial and professional positions. Our findings thus provide support for a dynamic perspective on personality characteristics in the context of work and careers.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Niess, Christiane UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Zacher, Hannes UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0001-6336-2947 UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-400848
DOI:	10.1371/journal.pone.0131115
Journal or Publication Title:	PLoS One
Volume:	10
Number:	6
Date:	2015
Publisher:	PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE
Place of Publication:	SAN FRANCISCO
ISSN:	1932-6203
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language PERSONALITY-TRAIT DEVELOPMENT; CAREER SUCCESS; 5-FACTOR MODEL; PROPENSITY SCORE; LIFE-COURSE; DIVERGENT-THINKING; SOCIAL INVESTMENT; MEAN-LEVEL; WORK; MOBILITY Multiple languages Multidisciplinary Sciences Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/40084