Personality effects on observing and responding to wrongdoing at work: Research data from an autobiographical recall study.
Social PsychologyAuthors(s) / Creator(s)
Fischer, MoritzGöritz, Anja
Gollwitzer, Mario
Abstract
In a final sample of 874 subjects, we examined the associations of broad personality traits (the six HEXACO dimensions) with (1) the observation of wrongdoing at work and (2) the reaction to such wrongdoing. The subjects, all of whom worked under a supervisor at the time of the study, completed a series of autobiographical recall questions in addition to standardized personality questionnaires. The autobiographical section of the questionnaire was sequential in structure so that, for example, only those subjects who indicated they had ever observed wrongdoing at work were asked further questions about how they responded to that wrongdoing.
Additional materials are provided at the following link: https://osf.io/6x5af/
- the study materials in German and English
- the pre-registration of the study
- a codebook with coding instructions
- an R script for processing the data set using the coding instructions
Persistent Identifier
https://doi.org/10.5160/psychdata.frmz22au25Year of Publication
2023Funding
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Study Description
Research Questions/Hypotheses:
The hypotheses can be accessed here: https://osf.io/vca2y view_only=389ebfa21c6d4d81824500f6eac76d16
Research Design:
Mixed standardized survey instrument (combination of differently standardized parts); single measurement
Measurement Instruments/Apparatus:
See codebook and study materials available at https://osf.io/6x5af/
Data Collection Method:
Survey in the absence of an investigator
- Online survey
Population:
Individuals working under a supervisor(s)
Survey Time Period:
Sample:
Convenience Sample
Gender Distribution:
57,67 % female participants
41,65 % male participants
Age Distribution:
Spatial Coverage (Country/Region/City): -/-/-
Subject Recruitment:
Participants were recruited via the WISOPanel (see https://www.wisopanel.net/). Anja Göritz steered the data collection. Only individuals (1) who indicated working under a supervisor in a screening questionnaire and (2) who had registered with the WISOPanel since the screening questionnaire were invited to participate.
Sample Size:
1141 participants, including 971 complete participations, including 874 participations after exclusion of inattentive subjects.
Return/Drop Out:
The exclusion criteria are described in the following document on page 148: https://edoc.ub.uni-muenchen.de/31265/1/Fischer_Moritz_Valentin.pdf
The demographics above (i.e., gender distribution) refer to the sample after exclusions (i.e., 874 individuals).
| Position | Name | Label | Valid Values | Missing Values |
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1
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CASE
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Identifier for participants
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1-1141 "Identifier for participants, each row represents a participant"
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-9 "Fehlender Wert"
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2
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PE01_01
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Item 1 from German version (Moshagen et al., 2014) of the 60-item HEXACO PI-R (Ashton & Lee, 2009). The items of the HEXACO 60 can be found on www.hexaco.org. Note that all reverse-coded items are already reversed in the raw data set.
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1 "starke Ablehnung"
2 "Ablehnung"
3 "neutral"
4 "Zustimmung"
5 "starke Zustimmung"
|
-9 "Fehlender Wert"
|
|
3
|
PE01_02
|
Item 2 from German version (Moshagen et al., 2014) of the 60-item HEXACO PI-R (Ashton & Lee, 2009). The items of the HEXACO 60 can be found on www.hexaco.org. Note that all reverse-coded items are already reversed in the raw data set.
|
1 "starke Ablehnung"
2 "Ablehnung"
3 "neutral"
4 "Zustimmung"
5 "starke Zustimmung"
|
-9 "Fehlender Wert"
|
|
4
|
PE01_03
|
Item 3 from German version (Moshagen et al., 2014) of the 60-item HEXACO PI-R (Ashton & Lee, 2009). The items of the HEXACO 60 can be found on www.hexaco.org. Note that all reverse-coded items are already reversed in the raw data set.
|
1 "starke Ablehnung"
2 "Ablehnung"
3 "neutral"
4 "Zustimmung"
5 "starke Zustimmung"
|
-9 "Fehlender Wert"
|
|
5
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PE01_04
|
Item 4 from German version (Moshagen et al., 2014) of the 60-item HEXACO PI-R (Ashton & Lee, 2009). The items of the HEXACO 60 can be found on www.hexaco.org. Note that all reverse-coded items are already reversed in the raw data set.
|
1 "starke Ablehnung"
2 "Ablehnung"
3 "neutral"
4 "Zustimmung"
5 "starke Zustimmung"
|
-9 "Fehlender Wert"
|
|
6
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PE01_05
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Item 5 from German version (Moshagen et al., 2014) of the 60-item HEXACO PI-R (Ashton & Lee, 2009). The items of the HEXACO 60 can be found on www.hexaco.org. Note that all reverse-coded items are already reversed in the raw data set.
|
1 "starke Ablehnung"
2 "Ablehnung"
3 "neutral"
4 "Zustimmung"
5 "starke Zustimmung"
|
-9 "Fehlender Wert"
|
|
7
|
PE01_06
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Item 6 from German version (Moshagen et al., 2014) of the 60-item HEXACO PI-R (Ashton & Lee, 2009). The items of the HEXACO 60 can be found on www.hexaco.org. Note that all reverse-coded items are already reversed in the raw data set.
|
1 "starke Ablehnung"
2 "Ablehnung"
3 "neutral"
4 "Zustimmung"
5 "starke Zustimmung"
|
-9 "Fehlender Wert"
|
|
8
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PE01_07
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Item 7 from German version (Moshagen et al., 2014) of the 60-item HEXACO PI-R (Ashton & Lee, 2009). The items of the HEXACO 60 can be found on www.hexaco.org. Note that all reverse-coded items are already reversed in the raw data set.
|
1 "starke Ablehnung"
2 "Ablehnung"
3 "neutral"
4 "Zustimmung"
5 "starke Zustimmung"
|
-9 "Fehlender Wert"
|
|
9
|
PE01_08
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Item 8 from German version (Moshagen et al., 2014) of the 60-item HEXACO PI-R (Ashton & Lee, 2009). The items of the HEXACO 60 can be found on www.hexaco.org. Note that all reverse-coded items are already reversed in the raw data set.
|
1 "starke Ablehnung"
2 "Ablehnung"
3 "neutral"
4 "Zustimmung"
5 "starke Zustimmung"
|
-9 "Fehlender Wert"
|
|
10
|
PE01_09
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Item 9 from German version (Moshagen et al., 2014) of the 60-item HEXACO PI-R (Ashton & Lee, 2009). The items of the HEXACO 60 can be found on www.hexaco.org. Note that all reverse-coded items are already reversed in the raw data set.
|
1 "starke Ablehnung"
2 "Ablehnung"
3 "neutral"
4 "Zustimmung"
5 "starke Zustimmung"
|
-9 "Fehlender Wert"
|
| Further Reading |
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Moshagen, M., Hilbig, B. E., & Zettler, I. (2014). Faktorenstruktur, psychometrische Eigenschaften und Messinvarianz der deutschsprachigen Version des 60-Item HEXACO Persönlichkeitsinventars. Diagnostica, 60(2), 86–97. https://doi.org/10.1026/0012-1924/a000112 |
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Baumert, A., Beierlein, C., Schmitt, M., Kemper, C. J., Kovaleva, A., Liebig, S., & Rammstedt, B. (2014). Measuring four perspectives of justice sensitivity with two items each. Journal of Personality Assessment, 96(3), 380–390. https://doi.org/10.1080/00223891.2013.836526 |