Are we better at judging traits we share with targets? : rater personality, trait accessibility and judgement accuracy

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dc.contributor.advisorDe Kock, Francoisen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorGierdien, Zubeidaen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-08-10T06:46:53Z
dc.date.available2015-08-10T06:46:53Z
dc.date.issued2015en_ZA
dc.description.abstractResearchers and practitioners in the personnel selection and assessment field are interested in understanding the characteristics of a good rater. However, few studies have so far examined raters’ personality traits and trait accessibility as predictors of accuracy. The present study investigated the relationship between these individual difference constructs and judgement accuracy for specific traits. Respondents from a field sample (N = 223) of managers and staff employed in financial services completed the survey questionnaire and rated the personalities of five hypothetical interview applicants depicted in vignettes. Our results showed that raters’ personality traits and judgement accuracy for corresponding target traits were unrelated. In other words, raters were not more accurate at judging traits they shared with targets. However, we found that certain personality traits such as agreeableness and openness to experience were related to trait accessibility for the same trait-raters high on these traits also tended to perceive others in terms of them. In addition, accessibility for certain traits such as extroversion and openness to experience predicted judgement accuracy for the same traits. Therefore, these findings enrich our understanding of rater individual differences that may affect judgement accuracy.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationGierdien, Z. (2015). <i>Are we better at judging traits we share with targets? : rater personality, trait accessibility and judgement accuracy</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Psychology. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13687en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationGierdien, Zubeida. <i>"Are we better at judging traits we share with targets? : rater personality, trait accessibility and judgement accuracy."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Psychology, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13687en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationGierdien, Z. 2015. Are we better at judging traits we share with targets? : rater personality, trait accessibility and judgement accuracy. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Gierdien, Zubeida AB - Researchers and practitioners in the personnel selection and assessment field are interested in understanding the characteristics of a good rater. However, few studies have so far examined raters’ personality traits and trait accessibility as predictors of accuracy. The present study investigated the relationship between these individual difference constructs and judgement accuracy for specific traits. Respondents from a field sample (N = 223) of managers and staff employed in financial services completed the survey questionnaire and rated the personalities of five hypothetical interview applicants depicted in vignettes. Our results showed that raters’ personality traits and judgement accuracy for corresponding target traits were unrelated. In other words, raters were not more accurate at judging traits they shared with targets. However, we found that certain personality traits such as agreeableness and openness to experience were related to trait accessibility for the same trait-raters high on these traits also tended to perceive others in terms of them. In addition, accessibility for certain traits such as extroversion and openness to experience predicted judgement accuracy for the same traits. Therefore, these findings enrich our understanding of rater individual differences that may affect judgement accuracy. DA - 2015 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2015 T1 - Are we better at judging traits we share with targets? : rater personality, trait accessibility and judgement accuracy TI - Are we better at judging traits we share with targets? : rater personality, trait accessibility and judgement accuracy UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13687 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/13687
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationGierdien Z. Are we better at judging traits we share with targets? : rater personality, trait accessibility and judgement accuracy. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Psychology, 2015 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13687en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Psychologyen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherOrganisational Psychologyen_ZA
dc.titleAre we better at judging traits we share with targets? : rater personality, trait accessibility and judgement accuracyen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationnameMComen_ZA
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