TY - JOUR
T1 - Personality trait development and social investment in work
AU - Hudson, Nathan W.
AU - Roberts, Brent W.
AU - Lodi-Smith, Jennifer
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by Grant R01 AG21178 from the National Institute of Aging.
PY - 2012/6
Y1 - 2012/6
N2 - A longitudinal study of employed individuals was used to test the relationship between social investment at work-the act of cognitively and emotionally committing to one's job-and longitudinal and cross-sectional personality trait development. Participants provided ratings of personality traits and social investment at work at two time-points, separated by approximately 3. years. Data were analyzed using latent change models. Cross-sectional results showed that extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, and emotional stability were related to social investment at work. Additionally, a positive association was found between longitudinal change in social investment in work and change in personality traits-especially conscientiousness. Finally, the correlated changes in social investment and personality traits were invariant across age groups, suggesting that personality traits remain malleable across the lifespan.
AB - A longitudinal study of employed individuals was used to test the relationship between social investment at work-the act of cognitively and emotionally committing to one's job-and longitudinal and cross-sectional personality trait development. Participants provided ratings of personality traits and social investment at work at two time-points, separated by approximately 3. years. Data were analyzed using latent change models. Cross-sectional results showed that extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, and emotional stability were related to social investment at work. Additionally, a positive association was found between longitudinal change in social investment in work and change in personality traits-especially conscientiousness. Finally, the correlated changes in social investment and personality traits were invariant across age groups, suggesting that personality traits remain malleable across the lifespan.
KW - Personality change
KW - Personality development
KW - Social investment
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jrp.2012.03.002
DO - 10.1016/j.jrp.2012.03.002
M3 - Article
C2 - 22822278
AN - SCOPUS:84860556074
SN - 0092-6566
VL - 46
SP - 334
EP - 344
JO - Journal of Research in Personality
JF - Journal of Research in Personality
IS - 3
ER -