Proactive Personality and the Expanded Criterion Domain of Performance: Predicting Academic Citizenship and Counterproductive Behaviors
Abstract
We examined proactive personality as a noncognitive predictor of outcomes in an expanded criterion domain that included in-role performance, citizenship behaviors, and counterproductive behaviors. Our findings indicate that proactive personality predicts both citizenship and counterproductive behaviors in an academic setting. Importantly, these results were observed after accounting for the effects of traditional cognitive predictors of student performance (i.e., high school grades and standardized test scores). These findings have implications for institutions that define "success" beyond grades and are looking to improve their selection process while avoiding some of the pitfalls of cognitive ability testing.
Recommended Citation
Islam, S., Permzadian, V., Choudhury, R. J., Johnston, M., & Anderson, M. (2018). Proactive Personality and the Expanded Criterion Domain of Performance: Predicting Academic Citizenship and Counterproductive Behaviors. Learning and Individual Differences, 65, pp. 41-49. Elsevier Ltd.
The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lindif.2018.05.016
Department(s)
Psychological Science
Keywords and Phrases
Citizenship Behaviors; Counterproductive Behaviors; Higher Education; Noncognitive Measures; Proactive Personality
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
1041-6080
Document Type
Article - Journal
Document Version
Citation
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2018 Elsevier Ltd, All rights reserved.
Publication Date
Jul 2018
