the big 5 factors is not a real good way to examine personality
differences because of the below mentioned reasons:
Big Five Personality Traits
OCEAN
- Openness to experience
- Conscientiousness
- Extraversion
- Agreeableness
- Neuroticism ( Emotional Stability)
Application of Big Five in Business
- Personality assessments are a useful tool in hiring
decisions.
- Big Five assessments have shown to provide useful predictions
of future job performance.
- Big Five can identify perspective qualities of associates for
higher management.
- Big Five assists success of high-involvement management by
locating combinations of big Five traits likely to provide a
foundation for important core competencies.
Weaknesses of Big Five Personality Test
What is Personality?
Big Five test suggests that your
personality will remain the same in real world situations.
“ Personality is an amazing abstract
entity. You can improve, refine and even control your intensities.
It proves the results of the Big Five test can’t be definitive
throughout your life.”
- Tests claim to measure intensities to the Five big factors
- Limited options from a multiple choice questionnaire
- Applicants will answer questions to make them more appealing
and to ensure their success
- Results of tests fail to build a definitive personality
profile
- Big Five personality traits give certain statements. Asked as
to whether they agree, disagree or even stay the same.
- Test takers answer with the most culturally and socially
acceptable responses. However, its not what the person may feel
like doing when situated in the same environment.
- By answering to the culturally and socially acceptable
response, they prove in the eyes of their employer that they are
honest.
- So many results of the Big Five personality tests are
culturally tainted
- Too Complicated to Describe
- There are 16 types, 4 temperaments and even 12 astrological
signs. All together these are able to provide a more tight box of
the individuals personality.
- The Big Five only mentions 5 degrees toward each factor.
- “ Different people have different levels of intensities.”
- Computing all the factors of a single personality, requires a
lot of time and is difficult to interact and describe them.
- Only specialist have the resources for such an investigation
and many times it requires a large budget. However, at times the
specialists may still be unable to get the answers they need.
- Level of Your Self Estimation
- How much do you respect yourself?
- Carolin Showers states that, “results of psychometrics depends
upon the level of your self-esteem.”
- High level self-esteem = awareness and convergence on personal
strengths rather than weaknesses. A low level-self esteem would be
the opposite.
- It is advised prior to taking the Big Five test, to know your
strengths.
- By knowing your strengths it will affect your personality
profile and better your self respect.
- Advice before Encountering Big Five Test
- The Big Five test claims that it neither tests your virtues nor
the fitness capability of a certain job.
- A high intensity in any of the 5 factors may qualify you for
one position and disqualify you for another.
- However, with moderate intensities you are considered to be
able to shift from one side to another with the change in your
situation.
- Always be honest. And inconsistent personality is never good
for a job or career position.
- Opportunities will come as you further your interaction of the
social evolution.
- Alternative Measures to the Big Five personality
test
- Use reference list of former employees provided by
applicant
- Effective screening methods with updated information of
employees
- Prioritize of job skills for needs of company