Title

Integrating Implicit And Explicit Social Cognitions For Enhanced Personality Assessment: A General Framework For Choosing Measurement And Statistical Methods

Keywords

Explicit cognition; Implicit cognition; Integrative models; Measurement; Mediation; Moderated hierarchical multiple regression; Personality; Polynomial regression

Abstract

The current article advocates integrating implicit and explicit social cognitions for enhanced personality assessment in organizational contexts (e.g., personnel selection settings). Several methods for measuring implicit cognitions are reviewed, and their strengths and limitations are discussed. The most widely used method for measuring explicit cognitions, the self-report questionnaire, also is described along with its strengths and limitations. Implicit and explicit cognitions then are integrated to form a general model of personality prototypes. The authors describe several mechanisms by which implicit and explicit cognitions may operate (e.g., coact, interact) to predict criteria, depending on the nature of the personality construct assessed and the outcome of interest. These different operations implicate different statistical methodologies. The authors then present specific examples of this integrative procedure for enhancing personality assessment using the construct of achievement motivation. They conclude by discussing how future research could extend and apply this general framework for use with other personality constructs. © 2007 Sage Publications.

Publication Date

4-1-2007

Publication Title

Organizational Research Methods

Volume

10

Issue

2

Number of Pages

346-389

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1177/1094428107301148

Socpus ID

34147169400 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/34147169400

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