“…A person who is high in agreeableness is also more willing to help others. The facets associated with agreeableness include trust, straightforwardness, altruism, compliance, modesty, and tender-mindedness (Costa & McCrae, 1992 The meta-analysis by Mount et al (1998) The study conducted by Barrick et al (1998) As discussed, there is a significant amount of literature regarding the effect of the traits of individual team members on team performance (Peeters et al, 2006;Mount et al, 1998;Barrick et al, 1998;van Vianen & Dreu, 2001;Neuman et al, 1999;Kichuk & Wiesner, 1997;and Halfhill et al, 2005). It would seem, however, that with the existence of five separate personality traits, the mere existence or absence of one trait alone would not be enough to cause an entire team to be successful or unsuccessful.…”