PERSONALITY-CORRELATES OF SUCCESS IN TOTAL QUALITY MANUFACTURING

This study examined the relation of the Big Five factors of normal per sonality to individual performance in total quality manufacturing. One hundred thirty-six automobile plastic-part injection molding machine operators completed the Hogan Personality Inventory (HPI). Criteria in cluded behaviorally-based performance ratings. Successful employees ha d significantly lower scores on Openness (HPI: Intellectance) and Extr aversion (HPI: Sociability) than less successful employees, but higher Conscientiousness scores (HPI: Prudence). A new HPI scale was develop ed to predict performance in this environment.