The Influence of Work on Personality Trait Development: The Demands-Affordances TrAnsactional (DATA) Model, an Integrative Review, and Research Agenda

Woods, Stephen A.; Wille, Bart; Wu, Chia-Huei; Lievens, Filip; De Fruyt, Filip

doi:10.1016/j.jvb.2018.11.010

The Influence of Work on Personality Trait Development: The Demands-Affordances TrAnsactional (DATA) Model, an Integrative Review, and Research Agenda

Woods, Stephen A.; Wille, Bart; Wu, Chia-Huei; Lievens, Filip; De Fruyt, Filip

Authors

Stephen A. Woods

Bart Wille

Chia-Huei Wu

Filip Lievens

Filip De Fruyt

Abstract

Although personality is typically conceptualized in industrial, organizational, and vocational psychology as enduring and stable, an increasing volume of research now shows that personality changes throughout the lifespan, with work being a potentially important influence of trait development. This paper reviews and integrates the emergent literature in this area, and in doing so proposes a new Demands-Affordances TrAnsactional (DATA) model of personality development at work, against which research is evaluated. This DATA model clarifies how personality-related behavior at work is called upon by work demands at four different levels (vocation, job, group and organization) and proposes Person-Environment (PE) fit as the main guiding mechanism for personality trait change at work. Drawing on this model, we develop a predictive framework of work demands that influence personality and outline eight core questions to advance this field.

Citation

Woods, S. A., Wille, B., Wu, C., Lievens, F., & De Fruyt, F. (2019). The Influence of Work on Personality Trait Development: The Demands-Affordances TrAnsactional (DATA) Model, an Integrative Review, and Research Agenda. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 110(Part B), 258-271. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvb.2018.11.010

Journal Article Type	Article
Acceptance Date	Nov 25, 2018
Online Publication Date	Nov 29, 2018
Publication Date	Feb 28, 2019
Deposit Date	Jan 17, 2019
Publicly Available Date	Nov 29, 2020
Journal	Journal of Vocational Behavior
Print ISSN	0001-8791
Publisher	Elsevier
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	110
Issue	Part B
Pages	258-271
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvb.2018.11.010
Public URL	https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1310022

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