Do honest people take fewer risks? Personality correlates of risk-taking to achieve gains and avoid losses in HEXACO space

When the cat’s away, some mice will play: A basic trait account of dishonest behavior

“…However, the opposite was the case as these individuals preferred the smaller gain that could be safely attained through cheating. These findings also further specify the conclusions of Weller and colleagues (Weller & Thulin, 2012;Weller & Tikir, 2011) who showed that individuals high in HonestyHumility are more risk-averse in gambling paradigms. As shown in the current experiment, this pattern may reverse once risky behavior is the option compatible with ''lead us not into temptation'' -in such situations, individuals high in Honesty-Humility will actually act in a more risk-seeking way than their counterparts low in Honesty-Humility.…”

“…Specifically, Weller and colleagues (Weller & Thulin, 2012;Weller & Tikir, 2011) recently showed that individuals low in Honesty-Humility are generally more risk-seeking. That is, they seem to be more willing to engage in risky behaviors, independent of how tempting or attractive the potential outcomes are.…”

Once an Impression Manager, Always an Impression Manager? Antecedents of Honest and Deceptive Impression Management Use and Variability across Multiple Job Interviews

“…For instance, individuals high on Honesty-Humility prefer interpersonal relations to be genuine and sincere rather than based on manipulation and deceit (Ashton et al, 2014). Even when they have the opportunity to cheat or take advantage of others (Hilbig and Zettler, 2015), or to take risks associated with clear potential gains (Weller and Thulin, 2012), high Honesty-Humility people generally refrain from doing so. Such individuals are thus less likely to rethink their motivation to using IM tactics, and are thus less likely to adapt their IM behaviors from one interview to the next, even if they see the potential benefits of such a strategy.…”

Individual Differences Predicting Impression Management Detection in Job Interviews

“…They thus prefer interpersonal relations to be genuine than based on manipulations and are unwilling to take advantage of other individuals to gain something (Ashton, Lee, & de Vries, 2014). High honesty/humility individuals also demonstrate more integrity and make more ethical business decisions (Lee, Ashton, Morrison, Cordery, & Dunlop, 2008), are less likely to cheat (Hilbig & Zettler, 2015), and are more careful towards risk taking (Weller & Thulin, 2012). Because they strive for morality and fairness but reject cheating and are risk averse, high honesty/humility individuals may need to develop a capacity to distinguish honest from deceptive behaviors as a way to identify (and protect themselves from) cheaters in social situations.…”