Personality Frameworks: The Big Five Model
Five basic dimensions encompass most of the differences in human personality
Extraversion
Agreeableness
Conscientiousness
Emotional Stability
Openness to Experience
Strongly supported relationship to job performance (especially conscientiousness)
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The Big Five model of personality sets forth that there are five basic dimensions that encompass most of the significant variations in human personalities. The Big Five factors are: Extroversion, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, Emotional Stability, and Openness to Experience. There is a lot of research that supports the Big Five model, and it has been shown to predict behavior at work in a variety of real-life situations.
Extraversion describes someone who is sociable, gregarious, and assertive. Agreeableness describes someone who is good natured, cooperative, and trusting. Conscientiousness is a measure of personal consistency and reliability. Emotional stability characterizes someone as calm, self-confident and secure. And openness to experience characterizes someone in terms of imagination, artistic sensitivity, and curiosity.