Is experience in the public sector associated with Big Five personality aspects?

The hypothesis that employees with experience in the public sector differ in personality aspects from those with less or no experience, suggested by the concept of person-organization fit, was tested among 711 participants in executive extension courses of a Peruvian university who filled-in the Big...

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Published inLiberabit Vol. 23; no. 1; pp. 103 - 109
Main Author León, Federico R.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Portuguese
Published Lima Universidad de San Martin de Porres, Facultad de Ciencias de la Comunicación, Turismo y Psicología 01.01.2017
Universidad de San Martín de Porres. Facultad de Ciencias de la Comunicación, Turismo y Psicología
Universidad de San Martín de Porres
Subjects
apertura
aspectos de los Cinco Grandes
aspects of the Big Five
COMMUNICATION
Employees
experience in public sector
experiencia en el sector público
Gender
openness
personalidad
personality
Personality traits
Peru
Perú
Psychological tests
PSYCHOLOGY
PSYCHOLOGY, APPLIED
PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL
PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL
PSYCHOLOGY, EDUCATIONAL
PSYCHOLOGY, EXPERIMENTAL
PSYCHOLOGY, MATHEMATICAL
PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
PSYCHOLOGY, PSYCHOANALYSIS
PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL
Public sector
Peru
personalidad
personality
aspects of the Big Five
openness
Perú
aspectos de los Cinco Grandes
experience in public sector
experiencia en el sector público
Peru
apertura
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Summary:The hypothesis that employees with experience in the public sector differ in personality aspects from those with less or no experience, suggested by the concept of person-organization fit, was tested among 711 participants in executive extension courses of a Peruvian university who filled-in the Big Five Aspect Scales. Whereas significant differences in various personality aspects were observed along age and between males and females, public sector experience only predicted greater Openness. Women outperformed men in Openness and a significant gender x time in public sector interaction revealed that prediction of Openness from the public-sector experience was more pronounced among men. The findings suggest that, in the population studied, little personality differences are attributable to experience in the public sector. Studies are needed to evaluate the external validity of the findings.
ISSN:1729-4827
2223-7666
DOI:10.24265/liberabit.2017.v23n1.07