ABSTRACT
It seems completely self-evident to the layperson that people have ‘stable’ personalities and that personality variables correlate with, and hence predict, occupational behaviour. This book has attempted to review systematically the literature on personality correlates of such things as vocational preference, work motivation, productivity, satisfaction, absenteeism and accidents. The research in this whole area is highly patchy: some topics have been relatively ignored, others thoroughly investigated; some topics and areas are highly dominated by particular theoretical or methodological approaches; some research is of a highly scientific standard, other studies are poorly executed for a number of reasons. The first chapter discussed the reasons for the lack of rapprochement between personality and occupational psychology.
