The relationship between personality and discretionary helping behaviors.
The relationship between personality and helping behaviors in three different contexts was examined in a field study. In a sample of 178 employees from three professional organizations, measures of the Big Five Personality factors were found to be related to discretionary helping behaviors performed in the context of one's home, workplace and the larger society. Collectively, the five personality factors accounted for 7% of the variance in Household Activities and Chores, 26% of the variance in Organizational Citizenship Behaviors and 10% of the variance in Volunteerism. Implications of these relations are discussed.
van Emmerik
Ij Hetty
IH
Department of Sociology, Utrecht University, The Netherlands. H.vanEmmerik@fss.uu.nl
Jawahar
I M
IM
Stone
Thomas H
TH
D000328:Adult; D000533:Altruism; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D003625:Data Collection; D005260:Female; D006379:Helping Behavior; D006796:Household Work; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009426:Netherlands; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010558:Personnel Loyalty; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012931:Social Environment; D014838:Volunteers / Q000523:psychology; D017132:Workplace / Q000523:psychology