Citation

Hudson NW, Roberts BW, Lodi-Smith J. J. Res. Pers. 2012; 46(3): 334-344.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.jrp.2012.03.002

PMID

22822278 PMCID

Abstract

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 three 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.

Language: en