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| | *Teamwork skills though team activities and social networking | | *Teamwork skills though team activities and social networking |
| | *Level of feedback from others (Mentors, coaching and asking others for feedback such as church members and clergy) | | *Level of feedback from others (Mentors, coaching and asking others for feedback such as church members and clergy) |
| | + | == Australian study: Changes in personality and its effects on income == |
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| | + | ''See also:'' [[Neuroticism]] and [[Extraversion]] and [[Agreeableness]] and [[Conscientiousness]] and [[Openness]] |
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| | + | Ben C. Fletcher D.Phil., Oxon writes: |
| | + | {{Cquote|In their paper Boyce and colleagues went on to put a monetary value on changes in each of the Big Five personality traits. Their results showed that every standard unit increase in personality change was equivalent to an increase of between $92,000 and $314,000 in annual household income (US dollars). To put this another way, people needed an increase of between $91,000 and $309,00 in annual income to achieve the same increase in life satisfaction produced by a unit change in personality. |
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| | + | Change in the different personality traits were associated with different monetary values, with change in [[neuroticism]] being worth $314k, [[extraversion]] $225k, [[agreeableness]] $149k, [[conscientiousness]] was worth $91k and [[openness]] to experience $62k. If we bear in mind that the average annual household income was around $88,000/year it seems to pay really well to Flex!<ref>[https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/do-something-different/201211/the-dollar-value-your-personality The Dollar Value of Your Personality]: Changing your personality may reap financial rewards, by Ben C. Fletcher D.Phil., Oxon</ref>}} |
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| | + | === Journal article: Is Personality Fixed? Personality Changes as Much as ‘‘Variable’’ Economic Factors and More Strongly Predicts Changes to Life Satisfaction] by Christopher J Boyce, Alex Mathew Wood and Nattavudh Powdthavee === |
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| | + | *[https://link.springer.com/epdf/10.1007/s11205-012-0006-z?sharing_token=6Aeg9n7N4aQA9dfWg9fdeve4RwlQNchNByi7wbcMAY6VY0sw45snFIqkNo9MlYJU21vhgIybhd_g2BJAPt3_Z3NYP90hYUOnTw8sFJinY-KSyoq6SVqUY2AHBDWMd9iWhnx7Jay69yUGEDUdt8vWmryqs56LUH9lFHztSo95D2k%3D Is Personality Fixed? Personality Changes as Much as ‘‘Variable’’ Economic Factors and More Strongly Predicts Changes to Life Satisfaction] by Christopher J Boyce, Alex Mathew Wood and Nattavudh Powdthavee, ''Social Indicators Research'' (2013) 111:287–305DOI 10.1007/s11205-012-0006-z |
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| | == Personality disorders == | | == Personality disorders == |