Purpose – The current study aims to investigate the extent to which personality and demographic variables contribute to motivation and job satisfaction as defined by the two‐factor theory. Design/methodology/approach – A total of 202 fulltime workers completed three questionnaires...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship of the Five-Factor Model Personality Disorder (FFM PD) count technique to industrial, work, and organizational (IWO) criteria. In this vein, the present research sought to extend previous studies (e.g. De Fruyt et al. , 2009)...

The relationships among trait emotional intelligence (EI), personality, IQ and sex were investigated in a sample of 585 employees (478 males, 107 females). Participants completed the WatsonGlaser Critical Thinking Appraisal, the Bar-On Quotient Inventory (EQ-i) and the...

Just under 3000 middle managers were rated on seven dimensions/competencies by consultants after a 1-day assessment centre and structured interview. They also completed two cognitive ability tests and two well-established personality tests (NEO PI-R; MBTI). Correlational analysis showed that the...