Appendix
Palaiou, K., & Furnham, A. (2014). Are bosses unique? Personality facet differences between CEOs and staff in five work sectors. Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice And Research, 66(3), 173-196. doi:10.1037/cpb0000010 This study by Kat Palaiou and Adrian Furnham of University College London was the first to compare the Big Five Personality scores of 138 CEOs and senior managers of five different popular professions. They expected that CEOs would have significantly higher scores in extraversion, and since that there is only a small number of people that become CEOS that means they should differentiate from the usual working norms. This journal also discussed in depth about each Big Five factor and how personality characteristics’ …show more content…
They say individuals with higher scores tend to be much more driven and achievement oriented, because they typically do this through careful planning and persistence. After discussing the most important of the five factor model traits when it comes to predicting work-related behaviors, the authors then address the trait which is least associated to job performance, openness to experience. The measure of this study conducted by Palaiou and Furnham was the NEO personality Inventory Revised, a questionnaire that measures the five factor model domains and six facets associated with the main domains of the FFM (five factor model). Adding to this, the study was conducted over an extended period of time of ten years. The results showed that CEOs differed from all other professions in neuroticism and conscientiousness, meaning that CEOs have higher emotional stability and self-discipline than other professionals. Also, the findings revealed that CEOs were more extraverted, and less open to new experiences. An important finding which derived from this study was that the researchers found it …show more content…
The authors Barbara Dumfart and Aljoscha Neubauer also analyzed if other noncognitive traits and motivational variables were of any significance in predicting school achievement. This is because noncognitive variables, if efficient in affecting academic performance, might be easier to teach and develop, and is much more sensitive to intervention. Previous studies have determined that conscientiousness is the single most consistent and stable personality predictor for academic achievement. This can be explained by various traits that are imperative for successful learning, such as self-discipline, ambition, persistence, diligence, and dutifulness. Openness and extraversion are also discussed, and turned out to be important factors for academic achievement as well. In addition, most studies have found a negative correlation between neuroticism and academic achievement. The researchers of this study realized that previous studies only focused on prediction of academic achievement in higher achievement, and realized there needs to be more research in early years of education. Therefor the purpose for conducting this study is that it would allow people to support students early on in education to improve their academic achievement in order to open up more possibilities for them for the future. The results of this study should allow the researchers to conclude which
Palaiou, K., & Furnham, A. (2014). Are bosses unique? Personality facet differences between CEOs and staff in five work sectors. Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice And Research, 66(3), 173-196. doi:10.1037/cpb0000010 This study by Kat Palaiou and Adrian Furnham of University College London was the first to compare the Big Five Personality scores of 138 CEOs and senior managers of five different popular professions. They expected that CEOs would have significantly higher scores in extraversion, and since that there is only a small number of people that become CEOS that means they should differentiate from the usual working norms. This journal also discussed in depth about each Big Five factor and how personality characteristics’ …show more content…
They say individuals with higher scores tend to be much more driven and achievement oriented, because they typically do this through careful planning and persistence. After discussing the most important of the five factor model traits when it comes to predicting work-related behaviors, the authors then address the trait which is least associated to job performance, openness to experience. The measure of this study conducted by Palaiou and Furnham was the NEO personality Inventory Revised, a questionnaire that measures the five factor model domains and six facets associated with the main domains of the FFM (five factor model). Adding to this, the study was conducted over an extended period of time of ten years. The results showed that CEOs differed from all other professions in neuroticism and conscientiousness, meaning that CEOs have higher emotional stability and self-discipline than other professionals. Also, the findings revealed that CEOs were more extraverted, and less open to new experiences. An important finding which derived from this study was that the researchers found it …show more content…
The authors Barbara Dumfart and Aljoscha Neubauer also analyzed if other noncognitive traits and motivational variables were of any significance in predicting school achievement. This is because noncognitive variables, if efficient in affecting academic performance, might be easier to teach and develop, and is much more sensitive to intervention. Previous studies have determined that conscientiousness is the single most consistent and stable personality predictor for academic achievement. This can be explained by various traits that are imperative for successful learning, such as self-discipline, ambition, persistence, diligence, and dutifulness. Openness and extraversion are also discussed, and turned out to be important factors for academic achievement as well. In addition, most studies have found a negative correlation between neuroticism and academic achievement. The researchers of this study realized that previous studies only focused on prediction of academic achievement in higher achievement, and realized there needs to be more research in early years of education. Therefor the purpose for conducting this study is that it would allow people to support students early on in education to improve their academic achievement in order to open up more possibilities for them for the future. The results of this study should allow the researchers to conclude which