Select on Conscientiousness and Emotional Stability

Abstract

This chapter describes hiring of applicants on the basis of their conscientiousness and emotional stability. Hiring applicants who are more conscientious and emotionally stable results in employees who have a stronger work ethic they are predisposed to exert greater effort at work, to persist at work for a longer period of time, and to cope more effectively. They also have more positive attitudes about work and life in general and lead healthier lifestyles, which leads to increased work productivity and reduced health care costs. Hiring applicants with higher conscientiousness, emotional stability and intelligence results in an increase in the number of employees who perform assigned job tasks effectively, which in turn will have substantial economic benefits to organizations. Conscientiousness and emotional stability are only moderately correlated with each other and have small correlations with intelligence; each can add unique information to the prediction of job performance.

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