PERSONALITY-VARIABLES RELATED TO INTEGRITY TEST-SCORES - THE ROLE OF CONSCIENTIOUSNESS

Using a broad-based measure of normal personality, we tested the hypot hesis that the trait ''conscientiousness'' is the best single predicto r of scores on two well-researched integrity tests. Data from 180 trad itional and nontraditional college students provided clear support for this hypothesis, but also indicated that a number of traits other tha n conscientiousness were likely to be related to integrity test scores . Scores on all six of the primary scales, and 33 of the 45 homogeneou s item clusters (HICs) of the Hogan Personality Inventory were related to scores on the PDI Employment Inventory and/or the Personnel Select ion Inventory. Personality variables were better predictors of scores on the PDI Employment inventory, which is a veiled-purpose (also refer red to as ''personality based'') test, than of scores on the Personnel Selection Inventory, which measures honesty-related attitudes and inc ludes items calling for direct admissions of misdeeds.