The Big Five Personality Traits (OCEAN Model) and Success

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The Big Five Personality Traits (OCEAN Model) and Success

🔥 In psychological trait theory, the Big Five Personality Traits, also known as the Five-Factor Model (FFM) or the OCEAN model or the CANOE model, is a suggested model, taxonomy, or grouping for personality traits.
It was developed from the 1980s onwards. When factor analysis (a statistical technique) is applied to personality survey data, it reveals semantic associations: some words used to describe aspects of personality are often applied to the same person. For example, someone described as conscientious is more likely to be described as "always prepared" rather than "messy". These associations suggest five broad dimensions used in common language to describe the human personality and psyche.


The five factors are as follows:
- Openness to experience (inventive/curious vs. consistent/cautious)
- Conscientiousness (efficient/organized vs. extravagant/careless)
- Extraversion (outgoing/energetic vs. solitary/reserved)
- Agreeableness (friendly/compassionate vs. challenging/callous)
- Neuroticism (sensitive/nervous vs. resilient/confident)

Proponents of this personality traits model promote the idea that certain scores for the five traits are indicators of a person's potential for success. What I am not seeing in any of the literature is the definition of "success". What is the definition of success that the proponents use as justification for promoting the predictive value of the personality trait assessment tools they are offering?

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		3 Borje Vickberg, Sweden
	Be Skeptical About Personality Models Personality models are launched at irregular intervals. This has been going on for centuries. Concepts like generation X, Y, Z, maybe there are more letters) are contemporary. Not so long ago, racial biology would help us. A variant that has plagued Sweden is based on dominant, analytical, stable, inspiring types. In the past, leptosomes, pyknics, athletes with special characteristics were associated. An ambition to make this game more scientific was the introduction of endomorphic, ectomorphic, mesomorphic personality types. In ancient times, the relations of body fluids (black bile, yellow bile, mucus, blood) to each other explained human nature. This has been, and is infantile simplification that sells well. That is my opinion. We are attracted, sometimes enchanted by systematization. Be skeptical.

		3 Jaap de Jonge Editor, Netherlands
	Personality Models and Success Thanks for sharing this OCEAN model. I agree with the both of you. Like any other personality model really, they are certainly helpful to help us somewhat understand other people. And they can also be a kind of "language" to enable discussion, exchange ideas, and make improvement suggestions and plans. But people are always more complex than the model. So it's important to remain skeptical. Especially if claims are made that if you act or behave in a certain way (according to a model) this will certainly lead to success. Because indeed what is "success"? Are we talking about financial success, success in the work environment, social success, or a successful, happy personal life? And even if we are determined or agree on the desired type of success, there could be many roads that lead to Rome...

		1 Mrs.Sayran Ghafuri,Kittani Coach, Iraq
	Personalities Change Another issue to consider here is that everything related to a person's personality is considered a relative matter, not absolute, and subject to change due to to age stages, the surrounding environment, and the accumulation of scientific, practical and ideological experiences. So a person's personality is subject to change and development.