Personality at Work: Exploring the Relationship with an Eye on the Situation

The role personality plays in the management literature has been a debated point of inquiry. One of the primary areas of discussion is seeking to understand personality within the context of specific organization settings. While there is strong empirical evidence that personality predicts a host of important organizational outcomes (e.g., Barrick & Mount, 1991; Bell, 2007; Chiaburu, Oh, Berry, Li, & Gardner, 2011; O’Boyle, Forsyth, Banks, & McDaniel, 2012; Young, Glerum, Wang, & Joseph, 2018) research that considers situational factors enhances our understanding of the person and situational factors that jointly affect attitudes, behaviors, and outcomes. Specifically, this symposium focuses on two key areas in which we hope to extend personality research, namely by focusing on how certain situations can moderate personality-outcome relationships and also on how personality traits can influence how one perceives one’s work environment.

• Pathways by which Personality and Job Characteristics Jointly Impact Meaningfulness and Performance

• Presenter: Gary R. Thurgood; Utah State U.

• Presenter: Murray R. Barrick; Texas A&M U.

• Machiavellianism and Enhanced Task Performance: The Moderating Roles of Task Conflict and Affect

• Presenter: Thomas Kelemen; U. of Oklahoma

• Presenter: Bret Bradley; U. of Oklahoma

• Presenter: Samuel Matthews; U. of Northern Iowa

• Presenter: Chenduo Du; U. of Oklahoma

• Proactive Self-monitors and Interpersonal Deviance in a Health Care Profession

• Presenter: Daejeong Choi; U. of Melbourne

• Presenter: Sangsuk Oh; National Cancer Center Korea

• Presenter: Owwon Park; The Catholic U. of Korea

• Individual Differences’ Impact on Psychological Contract Breach, Violation, and Counterproductivity

• Presenter: Youngduk Lee; Indiana U.

• Presenter: Rebecca Rosen; Indiana U. - Kelley School of Business

• Presenter: Christopher M. Berry; Indiana U.