A multidimensional approach to acting out of character: How deviating from one’s personality profile relates to resource depletion and affect

Kuijpers, Evy; Dirkx, I.; Wille, Bart; Hofmans, Joeri

doi:10.1016/j.jrp.2022.104192

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“…Studies looking into the affective cost of counterhabitual behavior often hypothesize that these costs follow from the fact that these behaviors are mentally depleting (e.g., Jacques-Hamilton et al, 2019). Although our results did not show any costs, Kuijpers et al (2022) specifically investigated the mediating role of research depletion and showed that, indeed, resource depleting mediated the relationship between "out-of-character" behaviors (operationalized as the summed absolute deviation from one's personality profile) and positive and negative affect.…”

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confidence: 79%

“…Moreover, future studies that-despite the null findings in the present paper-still want to investigate the consequences of counterhabitual behaviour may consider that the effects of 'over-or under engaging' on one personality dimension might be different depending on whether one is 'over-or under engaging' on the other personality dimensions (Kuijpers et al, 2022). Counterhabitual behavior might be less costly if one behaves away from the baseline on one dimension only rather than on several dimensions simultaneously.…”

Section: Limitations and Future Researchmentioning

confidence: 77%

“…Counterhabitual behavior might be less costly if one behaves away from the baseline on one dimension only rather than on several dimensions simultaneously. Kuijpers et al (2022) looked into this issue. Across three high intensity repeated measures datasets, these authors showed that out-of-character behavior, as measured by the summed absolute deviation from one's personality profile, was associated with decreased levels of positive affect and increased levels of negative affect.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Does it pay off to act conscientiously, both now and later? Examining concurrent, lagged, and cumulative effects of state conscientiousness

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Although previous research has shown that both trait and state conscientiousness are positively associated with a wide range of positive life and work outcomes, some studies indicate that acting in a conscientious way is effortful, and that behaving outside one’s conscientiousness related comfort zone (i.e., acting counterhabitual) may lead to cognitive or affective cost. Because these costs are not likely to be evident immediately, we examine how within-person fluctuations in conscientiousness relate to within-person fluctuations in emotional exhaustion, resource depletion, and negative affect, not only concurrently, but also in a delayed fashion and cumulated over time. In two experience sampling studies, we found that higher levels of conscientiousness are concurrently related to lower levels of emotional exhaustion, resource depletion, and negative affect. When looking at delayed effects, no conclusive evidence was found for affective or cognitive costs of (counterhabitual) conscientiousness. Finally, analyzing cumulative effects revealed that repeated negative deviations from one’s typical level of conscientiousness were positively associated to exhaustion, depletion, and negative affect, while repeated positive deviations were negatively associated with depletion and unrelated to exhaustion and negative affect. Altogether, our findings suggest that self-rated conscientious behavior is generally beneficial, even if this behavior goes against one’s typical behavior.

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“…In these studies, the experimental condition in which participants were asked to act extraverted reported higher positive affect than the control condition. However, Jacques-Hamilton et al ( 2019) also found increases in negative affect and fatigue for dispositional introverts asked to behave extraverted, which can point to the costs of behaving out of character (see also Kuijpers et al, 2022).…”

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The effects of a personality intervention on satisfaction in 10 domains of life: Evidence for increases and correlated change with personality traits.

Olaru¹,

Scheppingen²,

Stieger³

et al. 2023

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

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The desire to change one’s personality traits has been shown to be stronger if people are dissatisfied with associated aspects of their life. While evidence for the effects of interventions on personality trait change is increasing, it is unclear whether these lead to subsequent improvements in the satisfaction with various domains of life. In this study, we examined the effects of a 3-month digital-coaching personality change intervention study on 10 domains of satisfaction. We focused on the three largest intervention groups of the study (N = 418), which included participants who wanted to increase their Emotional Stability, Conscientiousness, or Extraversion. Bivariate latent change score models were used to examine correlated change between the targeted personality traits and satisfaction domains. We found that global life satisfaction and satisfaction with oneself as a person increased in all three intervention groups. In addition, increases in specific satisfaction domains were reported for the Conscientiousness (e.g., work/school, health, friendships) and Emotional Stability (e.g., family, sexual relationships, emotions) group. Increases were stable up to the 3-month follow-up. In contrast, the waitlist control group did not report any changes in global or domain-specific life satisfaction. Changes in the satisfaction domains were positively correlated with self-reported personality trait change to a similar degree as the cross-sectional associations, but not to observer-reported personality trait change. The personality intervention thus seemed to have a positive effect on satisfaction with various domains of life, which was associated with the degree of self-reported personality trait change.

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“…For example, task-contingent Neuroticism—that is, experiencing increases in neurotic states in response to increased task demands—is not necessarily conducive to performance at work (Wood et al, 2019). Furthermore, research has also started to explore the potential consequences of personality variability in relation to people's affect and energy levels (e.g., Kuijpers et al, 2022); that is, to elucidate the potential affective consequences of displaying changes in personality manifestations in response to shifting situational demands at work. To give an example, research shows that behaving extraverted is generally beneficial, regardless of a person's level of trait Extraversion.…”

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Personality at Work

Ritz¹,

Woods²,

Wille³

et al. 2023

Personality Science

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Studies of personality at work have made significant contributions to theory and applied practice in work and organizational settings. This review article proposes that there are also reciprocal influences between core personality science and research on personality in work and organizations, each drawing on insights from the other. Following this tradition, the objective of this article is to review key foundations of research in a way that informs and critically reflects on state-of-the-art evidence in four main themes: (1) conceptualization and structure of personality at work, (2) personality assessment in work settings, (3) personality processes and dynamics at work, and (4) impact of situations on personaliy at work. Critically reflections on key implications, and directions for future research are presented, anticipating how the field may adapt to the changing nature of work and society.

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A multidimensional approach to acting out of character: How deviating from one’s personality profile relates to resource depletion and affect

Cited by 6 publications

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Does it pay off to act conscientiously, both now and later? Examining concurrent, lagged, and cumulative effects of state conscientiousness

Does it pay off to act conscientiously, both now and later? Examining concurrent, lagged, and cumulative effects of state conscientiousness

The effects of a personality intervention on satisfaction in 10 domains of life: Evidence for increases and correlated change with personality traits.

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