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PERSONALITY AND SITUATIONAL PATTERN DIFFERENCES ACROSS THREE WORK GROUPS: A COMPARATIVE EXAMINATION OF WORKER PERSONALITY AND ORGANIZATIONAL CLIMATE USING THREE PATTERN‐EXTRACTION ANALYSES

Michael J. Keeney (American Institutes for Research Michael J. Keeney, American Institutes for Research, 1000 Thomas Jefferson St NW, Washington, DC, 20007‐3835. E‐mail: mkeeney@air.org)
Andrea F. Snell (The University of Akron Andrea F. Snell, Department of Psychology, The University of Akron, Akron OH 44325‐4301)
Steven J. Robison (Dow Chemical Steven J. Robison, Dow Chemical Company, Midland MI 48674)
Daniel V. Svyantek (Auburn University Daniel V. Svjantek, 226 Thach Hall, Auburn University AL 36849, svyandj@auburn.edu)
Jennifer Bott (Ball State University)

Organizational Analysis

ISSN: 1551-7470

Article publication date: 1 February 2004

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Abstract

Measures of personality and organizational climate were subjected to three different analytical methods that extract patterns from data: Discriminant, Classification and Regression Trees, and neural network classification analysis. Risk, openness, rewards, and neuroticism (rather than conscientiousness) emerged as key variables in differentiating among three similar work groups. Results of the analyses support the central hypothesis of ASA theory of greater variance in personality across compared to within organizations and an interactionist paradigm between person and environment. Implications for ASA theory and for personnel selection are discussed.

Citation

Keeney, M.J., Snell, A.F., Robison, S.J., Svyantek, D.V. and Bott, J. (2004), "PERSONALITY AND SITUATIONAL PATTERN DIFFERENCES ACROSS THREE WORK GROUPS: A COMPARATIVE EXAMINATION OF WORKER PERSONALITY AND ORGANIZATIONAL CLIMATE USING THREE PATTERN‐EXTRACTION ANALYSES", Organizational Analysis, Vol. 12 No. 2, pp. 183-203. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb028992

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