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It depends how you look at it: On the relationship between neuroticism and conscientiousness at the within- and the between-person levels of analysis

Beckmann, N.; Wood, R.E.; Minbashian, A

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R.E. Wood

A Minbashian



Abstract

Research on personality structure has primarily focused on patterns of covariation between traits, and less emphasis has been put on the organization of relationships between thoughts, feelings and behaviors as they occur within individuals. Over several weeks 115 managers from large Australian companies were assessed multiple times a day employing experience-sampling methodology. Within- and between-person variation in personality responses was analyzed using hierarchical linear modeling and correlation analyses. Findings indicate that analyzing personality as a within-person phenomenon reveals information not well captured by the trait approach. While conscientiousness and neuroticism were negatively correlated at the between-person level, this relationship was reversed at the within-person level. Results are discussed in terms of the distinctness of the within- and between-person structure of personality.

Citation

Beckmann, N., Wood, R., & Minbashian, A. (2010). It depends how you look at it: On the relationship between neuroticism and conscientiousness at the within- and the between-person levels of analysis. Journal of Research in Personality, 44(5), 593-601. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2010.07.004

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date Oct 1, 2010
Deposit Date Oct 5, 2011
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Journal Journal of Research in Personality
Print ISSN 0092-6566
Electronic ISSN 1095-7251
Publisher Elsevier
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 44
Issue 5
Pages 593-601
DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2010.07.004
Keywords Within-person variability, Conscientiousness, Neuroticism, Personality structure, Experience sampling, Organizational behavior.

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NOTICE: this is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Journal of research in personality. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Journal of research in personality, 44, 5, 2010, 10.1016/j.jrp.2010.07.004





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