Journal article
Effects of Impression Management and Self-Deception on the Predictive Validity of Personality Constructs
Journal of applied psychology, Vol.81(3), pp.261-272
06/01/1996
DOI: 10.1037/0021-9010.81.3.261
PMID: 8690688
Abstract
This study tests whether 2 types of response distortion (self-deception and impression management) affect the predictive validity of 2 of the "Big 5" personality dimensions, conscientiousness and emotional stability, in 2 applicant samples of long-haul semitruck drivers (n
= 147 and n
= 139). As hypothesized, conscientiousness (ρ = −.26 and −.26) and emotional stability (ρ = −.23 and −.21) were valid predictors of voluntary turnover in the 2 samples. Also as hypothesized, conscientiousness was a valid predictor of supervisory ratings of performance (ρ = .41 and .39) in the 2 samples. Although not hypothesized, emotional stability was also significantly related to supervisor ratings of performance (ρ = .23 and .27). Results from structural equations modeling indicated that applicants did distort their scores on both personality dimensions and the distortion occurred both through self-deception and impression management; however, neither type of distortion attenuated the predictive validities of either personality construct.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Effects of Impression Management and Self-Deception on the Predictive Validity of Personality Constructs
- Creators
- Murray R. Barrick - University of IowaMichael K. Mount - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of applied psychology, Vol.81(3), pp.261-272
- DOI
- 10.1037/0021-9010.81.3.261
- PMID
- 8690688
- NLM abbreviation
- J Appl Psychol
- ISSN
- 0021-9010
- eISSN
- 1939-1854
- Publisher
- American Psychological Association
- Number of pages
- 12
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 06/01/1996
- Academic Unit
- Management and Entrepreneurship
- Record Identifier
- 9984963210602771
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