The moderating role of honesty-humility in the association of agreeableness with interpersonal competency: A study of managers in two countries
The honesty-humility factor from the HEXACO model of personality has been found to offer incremental validity in predicting several work-related criteria over the remaining factors, yet its interplay with other personality factors is rarely examined. In this study, we examined how honesty-humility (...
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| author | Wang, Ying Dunlop, Patrick Parker, Sharon Griffin, Mark Gachunga, Hazel |
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| description | The honesty-humility factor from the HEXACO model of personality has been found to offer incremental validity in predicting several work-related criteria over the remaining factors, yet its interplay with other personality factors is rarely examined. In this study, we examined how honesty-humility (the tendency to be sincere, fair, non-materialistic, and modest) can moderate the relation between agreeableness and interpersonal competency. Specifically, drawing on the theory of self-concept, we proposed that agreeableness will have a stronger association with interpersonal competency among individuals who are higher on honesty-humility, and relatively less so among individuals who are lower on honesty-humility. Across three samples of people in managerial roles from two different cultures (Australia and Kenya), we found that honesty-humility, indeed, moderated the agreeableness—interpersonal competency relation, both when the criterion was measured by self-report (Sample 1, N = 167; Sample 2, N = 320; Sample 3, N = 296) and other-report (Sample 3, N = 195). In all three samples, the positive relation of agreeableness with interpersonal competency was strongest among those who were also higher on honesty-humility. Such an interaction effect was robust after controlling for the remaining HEXACO personality factors. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-852492022-04-20T07:58:56Z The moderating role of honesty-humility in the association of agreeableness with interpersonal competency: A study of managers in two countries Wang, Ying Dunlop, Patrick Parker, Sharon Griffin, Mark Gachunga, Hazel Social Sciences Psychology, Applied Psychology agreeableness HEXACO honesty‐ humility interpersonal competency personality trait interaction The honesty-humility factor from the HEXACO model of personality has been found to offer incremental validity in predicting several work-related criteria over the remaining factors, yet its interplay with other personality factors is rarely examined. In this study, we examined how honesty-humility (the tendency to be sincere, fair, non-materialistic, and modest) can moderate the relation between agreeableness and interpersonal competency. Specifically, drawing on the theory of self-concept, we proposed that agreeableness will have a stronger association with interpersonal competency among individuals who are higher on honesty-humility, and relatively less so among individuals who are lower on honesty-humility. Across three samples of people in managerial roles from two different cultures (Australia and Kenya), we found that honesty-humility, indeed, moderated the agreeableness—interpersonal competency relation, both when the criterion was measured by self-report (Sample 1, N = 167; Sample 2, N = 320; Sample 3, N = 296) and other-report (Sample 3, N = 195). In all three samples, the positive relation of agreeableness with interpersonal competency was strongest among those who were also higher on honesty-humility. Such an interaction effect was robust after controlling for the remaining HEXACO personality factors. 2021 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/85249 10.1111/apps.12318 English http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/FL160100033 WILEY fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Social Sciences Psychology, Applied Psychology agreeableness HEXACO honesty‐ humility interpersonal competency personality trait interaction Wang, Ying Dunlop, Patrick Parker, Sharon Griffin, Mark Gachunga, Hazel The moderating role of honesty-humility in the association of agreeableness with interpersonal competency: A study of managers in two countries |
| title | The moderating role of honesty-humility in the association of agreeableness with interpersonal competency: A study of managers in two countries |
| title_full | The moderating role of honesty-humility in the association of agreeableness with interpersonal competency: A study of managers in two countries |
| title_fullStr | The moderating role of honesty-humility in the association of agreeableness with interpersonal competency: A study of managers in two countries |
| title_full_unstemmed | The moderating role of honesty-humility in the association of agreeableness with interpersonal competency: A study of managers in two countries |
| title_short | The moderating role of honesty-humility in the association of agreeableness with interpersonal competency: A study of managers in two countries |
| title_sort | moderating role of honesty-humility in the association of agreeableness with interpersonal competency: a study of managers in two countries |
| topic | Social Sciences Psychology, Applied Psychology agreeableness HEXACO honesty‐ humility interpersonal competency personality trait interaction |
| url | http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/FL160100033 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/85249 |