Contribution to Book
Big Five Personality Dimensions
Encyclopedia of management theory
Document Type
Article
Disciplines
Publication Version
Published Version
Publication Date
1-1-2013
Abstract
People differ from one another in many ways, and these individual differences matter for management theory and practice. The Big Five personality traits (also called the five-factor model of personality) describe five of the most crucial differences between people. An enormous body of research has conclusively established the importance of these five personality dimensions to major topics in management, such as job performance, motivation, leadership, teamwork, entrepreneurship, and strategy. This entry discusses the meaning of the Big Five traits, briefly reviews their history, and highlights their importance for a variety of management topics.
Copyright Owner
Sage reference
Copyright Date
2013
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Citation Information
Marc H. Anderson. "Big Five Personality Dimensions" Encyclopedia of management theory Vol. 1 (2013) p. 76 - 80 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/marc_anderson/4/
This book chapter is published as Anderson, M. H. 2013. Big Five personality dimensions. In E. H. Kessler (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Management Theory (pp. 76-80), Sage, Thousand Oaks, CA. https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/encyclopedia-of-management-theory/book235986. Posted with permission.