WHITHER GOEST PERSONALITY AT WORK - OVERVIEW OF THE SPECIAL ISSUE ON WORK AND PERSONALITY

Using the contributed papers as a base, this discussion proposes that an agenda for research on personality should include, but go beyond, p ersonnel selection and the five-factor model. The following topics are briefly discussed: (a) the central role that behaviour plays in under standing personality-outcome and situation-personality relationships; (b) the role of person-environment fit in understanding criterion-rela ted validity and organisational behaviour; and (c) the usefulness of a dding individual constructs, like identity, to the issues studied at w ork under the personality rubric. The commentary concludes with the th ought that a broad research agenda on personality, like the one repres ented in this special issue, will produce a vibrant and long-lived fie ld of inquiry.