MORE ON RIASEC AND THE 5-FACTOR MODEL OF PERSONALITY - DIRECT ASSESSMENT OF PREDIGER (1982) AND HOGAN (1983) DIMENSIONS

The purpose of the current study was to respond to researchers' calls to further illuminate the relations of the domains of vocational inter ests and personality (e.g., Lowman, 1991; Spokaw, 1991; Waller, Lykken , & Tellegen, 1995). Specifically, we extended the empirical literatur e in this area by directly relating the RIASEC dimensions hypothesized by Prediger (1982; i.e., data/ideas and things/people) and by Hogan ( 1983; i.e., sociability and conformity) to the five-factor model of pe rsonality in a sample of 490 employed adults (mean age = 37). Results indicated strong Links between personality and both sets of RIASEC dim ensions, as well as somewhat different links for men and women in term s of both magnitude and pattern. Consistent with theory and related re search, RIASEC dimensions were associated particularly strongly with t he Big-Five dimensions of extraversion and openness, especially for ma n. (C) 1998 Academic Press.