ABSTRACT
Job attitudes and personality traits are two of the most studied predictors of work behavior. Volumes of research have demonstrated that job attitudes (e.g., Harrison, Newman, & Roth, 2006; Judge, Thoresen, Bono, & Patton, 2001) and personality traits (Barrick & Mount, 1991; J. Hogan & Holland, 2003; Tett, Jackson, & Rothstein, 1991) predict workplace behaviors and outcomes such as job performance, organizational citizenship behaviors (OCBs), counterproductive work behaviors (CWBs), and turnover. Furthermore, organizational scholars have argued that an individual’s job attitudes are the most important pieces of information an organization can know about an employee (Roznowski & Hulin, 1992). This handbook covers the broad interest and depth of study on personality in the workplace. Research has demonstrated that some personality traits predict some job attitudes (see Table 32.3). However, it is less clear exactly which personality traits influence which job attitudes in what manner and how those relationships ultimately determine workplace behaviors.
