Practice question · True or false
Extraversion is the Big Five trait that best predicts job performance across almost every occupation.
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- Which trait transfers to every kind of work?
- Organisation beats sociability outside sales.
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False
Why
False. Conscientiousness is. Extraversion predicts well in sales and management, where the work is social, and poorly elsewhere. The distinction matters for selection: a trait that predicts in general and one that predicts in a role are used quite differently.
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