THE BIG FIVE PERSONALITY TRAITS, GENERAL MENTAL ABILITY, AND CAREER SUCCESS ACROSS THE LIFE SPAN.

Name	THE BIG FIVE PERSONALITY TRAITS, GENERAL MENTAL ABILITY, AND CAREER SUCCESS ACROSS THE LIFE SPAN.
Publication date	1999
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TagCloud	General Mental ability; Job satisfaction; income; occupational statuts; Neuroticism; anxiety; hostility; depression; self-consciusness; vulnerability; impulsiveness; Affability; Job complexity;
Méthodoogy & Field of research (targeted population & number)	Intergenerational studies, limited by the population (growth during the same period at the same place) + attrition
Discussion	Correlation and predictability of intrinsic career success trhough hugh conscientiousness; Association between high cognitive ability and extrinsic career success, with low neuroticism, ow agreeableness, high extraversion, high conscientiousness. Impact on the variance of measuring during childhood. Validity of the big fives personaity traits controlling for general mental ability. General Menta Ability strongly predicted extrinsic career success, unique link with intrinsic success. However, uncorrelated with job satisfaction.
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Conclusion	Stability of personality traits. Longitudinal consistency of traits explains ability to predict career success. Situational effects are limited. Suggest to study correlation between individual difference and job performance. Correation between success of the organization (situational effect ?)
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