Validation of the multicultural personality questionnaire in the context of personnel selection

Abstract

The present data provide support for the reliability of the Multicultural Personality Questionnaire among a sample of job applicants (n ¼ 264). Factor analysis confirmed five factors: Cultural Empathy, Open-Mindedness, Social Initiative, Flexibility, and Emotional Stability. Moreover, the data largely support the construct validity of the MPQ. Correlations

Multicultural Personality Dispositions and Trait Emotional Intelligence: An Exploratory Study

“…Van der Zee and Van Oudenhoven's (2001) five-factor MPQ structure was supported in additional exploratory factor analyses (30.3% of variance accounted for; Van der Zee et al, 2003) and confirmatory factor analyses in both Dutch and Italian university students (Comparative Fit Indexes of .90 and .91; Leone, Lucidi, Ercolani, & Presaghi, 2003 Perugini, & Ercolani, 2005). In an integrative review of 15 studies incorporating the MPQ, Ponterotto (2008) found strong support for score construct and criterion validity.…”

“…Though both the Emotional Intelligence Scale (EIS; Schutte et al, 1998) and the Multicultural Personality Questionnaire (MPQ; Van der Zee & Van Oudenhoven, 2000 are considered appropriate measures for their constructs (Ciarrochi et al, 2001;Ciarrochi et al, 2002;Ponterotto, 2008;Van der Zee et al, 2003;Van Rooy & Viswesvaran, 2004;Van Rooy et al, 2005), there is still some questions about the best-fit factor structure for each measure (e.g., Keele & Bell, 2008;Petrides & Furnham, 2000;Ponterotto, 2008). Large sample national and international research incorporating confirmatory factor analysis is needed to more closely examine the construct validity of each measure, particularly Schutte and colleagues' (1998) EIS.…”

The impact of expatriate personality traits on cross-cultural adjustment: A study with expatriates in Japan

“…In MPQ studies, men scored higher than women on Emotional Stability (Ponterotto, Costa-Wofford, Brobst, Spelliscy, Scheinholtz, & Martinez, 2007;Van der Zee & Brinkman, 2004;Van der Zee & Van Oudenhoven, 2000), and women higher than men on Cultural Empathy (Van der Zee, Zaal, & Piestra, 2003).…”

Intelligence Compensation Theory: A Critical Examination of the Negative Relationship Between Conscientiousness and Fluid and Crystallised Intelligence

“…Norman (1963) originally called this trait Culture and others have called it Intellect (Digman & Takemoto-Chock, 1981). Most of this research has suggested a positive relationship between Openness-to-Experience and intelligence (e.g., Bates & Shieles, 2003;Van der Zee, Zaal, & Piekstra, 2003). This positive relationship comes as little surprise as Openness-to-Experience is the personality trait considered to be most conceptually similar to intelligence (Barrick & Mount, 1991;Eysenck, 1992;McCrae & Costa, 1997).…”