UNLABELLED Previous research has not explored the Five Factor Model of personality among adults who stutter. Therefore, the present study investigated the five personality domains of Neuroticism, Extraversion, Openness, Agreeableness and Conscientiousness, as measured by the NEO Five Factor Inventory (NEO-FFI), in a sample of 93 adults seeking speech treatment for stuttering, and compared these...

BACKGROUND Effective leaders understand that loyal followers are the key for success. To win their loyalty, leaders usually build social exchange relationships with them, through a wide range of behaviours, such as honouring agreements or using open and transparent communication. However, the effect of these behaviours on their followers' loyalty can differ depending on followers' individual di...

The capability to correctly recognize collective emotion expressions [i.e., emotional aperture (EA)] is crucial for effective social and work-related interactions. Yet, little remains known about the antecedents of this ability. The present study therefore aims to shed new light onto key aspects that may promote or diminish an individual's EA. We examine the role of age for this ability in an o...

We investigated determinants of liking at zero-acquaintance, focusing on individual differences in perceivers’ reactions to appearance cues. Perceivers (N = 385) viewed portrait photographs Targets 146). Perceiver’s Agreeableness and Extraversion were uniquely associated with targets. who expressed positive emotions, looked relaxed, physically attractive, healthy energetic, the most liked. Ther...

Purpose: Based on the theory of ego depletion, this paper takes employees as main research object, explores influence performance pressure helping behavior, and analyzes mediating role workplace anxiety moderating effect agreeableness. Design/Methodology/Approach: 216 in Chinese enterprises were investigated research, confirmatory factor analysis, hierarchical regression bootstrap analysis used...

This paper explores whether firms recruit workers with different personality traits for tasks. We conduct a discrete choice experiment among recruiters of 634 in Germany, asking to choose between job applicants who differ seven characteristics: professional competence, the Big Five traits, and prospective wage level. find that all affect hiring probability applicant, conscientiousness agreeable...

This research program explored links among prosocial motives, empathy, and helping behavior. Preliminary work found significant relations among components of self-reported empathy and personality (N = 223). In Study 1, the authors examined the generality of prosocial behavior across situations and group memberships of victims (N = 622). In Study 2, empathic focus and the victim's outgroup statu...