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Taxonomies and Compendia of Cognitive Ability
and Personality Constructs and Measures
Relevant to Industrial, Work and Organizational
Psychology
Kevin C Stanek and Deniz S Ones
Abstract
Cognitive ability and personality are the two most important domains of individual differences in the world of
work. The main objectives of this chapter are twofold. First it aims to provide industrial, work and organizational
(IWO) researchers and practitioners with updated, contemporary taxonomies of cognitive abilities and personality
attributes. Second, it compiles and makes available a vast catalog of measures for the constructs included in the
cognitive ability and personality taxonomies. The taxonomies and constructs presented in the chapter should help
organize research, identify new hypotheses, and suggest new processes for how traits and measures relate to each
other and outcomes. The compendia we presented should help IWO psychologists understand and leverage
measures well-suited to the constructs they intend to assess. The authors' hope that the updated, open
taxonomies presented in this chapter will be stable enough for IWO psychologists to state and apply what they
know; flexible enough to accommodate what they learn; independent of any specific theory about how cognitive
abilities and personality characteristics develop, yet reflective of empirical findings; compatible with Cattell-Horn-
Carroll and Hierarchical Five Factor models, but not slaves to them; specific enough for precise communication,
but general enough to reflect consensual conclusions. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights
reserved).
Keywords
agreeableness; cognitive skills; extraversion; individual differences; neuroticism; personality; traits
The SAGE Handbook of Industrial,
Work, and Organizational Psychology
366–407
© Stanek and Ones 2018
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DOI: 10.4135/9781473914940.n14