HIGHERORDER DIMENSIONS OF THE BIG FIVE PERSONALITY TRAITS AND THE BIG SIX VOCATIONAL INTEREST TYPES

abstract

• The purpose of this study was to identify higher-order dimensions that explain the relationships among the Big 6 interest types and the Big 5 personality traits. Meta-analyses were conducted to identify an 11 11 true score correlation matrix of interest and personality attributes. Cluster analysis and nonmetric multidimensional scaling were used to identify 3 dimensions that explained relations among the 11 attributes: (a) Interests versus Personality Traits; (b) Striving for Accomplishment Versus Striving for Personal Growth, and (c) Interacting with People Versus Interacting with Things. Overall, results clarified the relationships among interests and personality traits by showing that 3 rather than 2 dimensions best explain the relationships among interests and personality traits. COPYRIGHT 2005 BLACKWELL PUBLISHING, INC.

authors

• Barrick, Murray

published proceedings

• Personnel Psychology

altmetric score

• 3

author list (cited authors)

• MOUNT, M. K., BARRICK, M. R., SCULLEN, S. M., & ROUNDS, J.

citation count

• 288

complete list of authors

• MOUNT, MICHAEL K||BARRICK, MURRAY R||SCULLEN, STEVE M||ROUNDS, JAMES

publication date

• June 2005

publisher

• Wiley  Publisher

published in

• Personnel Psychology  Journal

keywords

• 52 Psychology
• 5205 Social And Personality Psychology

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1111/j.1744-6570.2005.00468.x

start page

• 447

end page

• 478

volume

• 58

issue

• 2

URL

• http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%2Fj.1744-6570.2005.00468.x