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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Pelt, Dirk H.M.
• van der Linden, Dimitri
• Born, Marise Ph

Titel

How Emotional Intelligence Might Get You the Job: The Relationship Between Trait Emotional Intelligence and Faking on Personality Tests

Ist Teil von

• Human performance, 2018-01, Vol.31 (1), p.33-54

Ort / Verlag

Philadelphia: Routledge

Erscheinungsjahr

2018

Quelle

Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• This study examined trait emotional intelligence (EI) in relation to the ability to fake on personality tests. Undergraduate students (N = 129) were first instructed to fill out a personality inventory honestly, and subsequently in such a way as to maximize their chances of obtaining two distinctive job positions (lawyer and file clerk). Participants were able to change their scores in line with the hypothesized job profiles. Regression analyses showed that EI statistically predicted faking ability to an equal degree in both job scenarios. Finally, EI showed incremental validity over general mental ability and the Big Five personality traits in predicting the ability to fake. Possible implications of the results for the predictive validity of personality tests are discussed.