Kurzfassung

Five personality traits commonly known as the “Big Five” have been widely acknowledged as universal, regardless of an individual’s cultural background. According to latest empirical research, the Big Five cannot be called ‘false’, but rather incomplete in the face of ecological and cultural diversity. Most available psychological instruments are not necessarily transferable to other cultures but actually, they cover a minority of the world’s population. Core Self-Evaluations – personality...Five personality traits commonly known as the “Big Five” have been widely acknowledged as universal, regardless of an individual’s cultural background. According to latest empirical research, the Big Five cannot be called ‘false’, but rather incomplete in the face of ecological and cultural diversity. Most available psychological instruments are not necessarily transferable to other cultures but actually, they cover a minority of the world’s population. Core Self-Evaluations – personality features, that are closely linked to motivation and behavior and therefor appreciated in Personnel Psychology equal to the Big Five – show intercultural variability as well. But reliable data on specific cross-cultural functioning has been lacking up to now. In our globalized working world, an uncritical application of standardized personality measures leads to reduced validity and test fairness. Cross-cultural psychology therefor approves a combined emic-etic approach to personality assessment. The present proposal aims at starting a German-Kenyan joint research project by arranging a bilateral workshop in Kenya, following up a first meeting held in November 2013. Objectives of the cooperation started are: Revisiting the Big Five regarding to special features of the Kenyan personality structure incl. Core Self-Evaluations typical for the cultural context and prepare improved scientific based models, measures and methods that can be used in the field of Personnel Psychology between the European and the East African societies.» weiterlesen» einklappen