Lee, Kibeom, PhD, Michael C. Ashton

The H Factor of Personality

Why Some People Are Manipulative, Self-Entitled, Materialistic, and Exploitivea and Why It Matters for Everyone

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Produktbeschreibung

People who have high levels of H are sincere and modest; people who have low levels are deceitful and pretentious. The â Hâ in the H factor stands for â Honesty-Humilityâ , one of the six basic dimensions of the human personality. This book explores the scientific findings that show the importance of this personality dimension.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wilfrid Laurier University Press
• Seitenzahl: 212
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. November 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 176mm x 128mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 198g
• ISBN-13: 9781554588343
• ISBN-10: 1554588340
• Artikelnr.: 36154612

Autorenporträt

Kibeom Lee is a professor of psychology at the University of Calgary. Originally from Seoul, South Korea, he received his Ph.D. from the University of Western Ontario and was formerly a lecturer at the University of Western Australia. He is the author of many scientific articles in personality and industrial/organizational psychology. Michael C. Ashton is a professor of psychology at Brock University in St. Catharines, Ontario. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Western Ontario. He is the author of the textbook Individual Differences and Personality and of many scientific articles in personality psychology.

Inhaltsangabe

1. The H Factor of Personality: Why Some People are Manipulative,
Self-Entitled, Materialistic, and Exploitve-And Why It Matters for Everyone
by Kibeom Lee and Michael C. Ashton
2. List of Boxes
3. Acknowledgements
4. 1 Meet the H Factor
5. 2 The Missing Link of Personality Psychology
6. The ""Big Five"" Personality Factors
7. Six Personality Factors
8. 3 HEXACO: The Six Dimensions of Personality
9. Engagement and Endeavour: Openness to Experience (O), Conscientiousness
(C), and Extraversion (X)
10. Altruism versus Antagonism: Honesty-Humility (H), Agreeableness (A), and
Emotionality (E)
11. 4 A Field Guide to Low-H People
12. Low H, Low E: Greed without Fear-or Pity
13. Low H, High E: Weaseling and Whining
14. Low H, High X: Narcissism Run Wild
15. Low H, Low X: The Smug Silent Types
16. Low H, Low A: Just Plain Nasty
17. Low H, High A: Inoffensive but Insincere
18. Low H, Low C: An Employer's Worst Nightmare
19. Low H, High C: Selfish Ambition
20. Low H, Low O: Shallow and Narrow
21. Low H, High O: Sophisticated Snobbery
22. 5 Can You Tell Someone's Level of H?
23. Personality in Strangers
24. Self-Reports of H: Are They Honest?
25. Knowing Someone's Personality: H Is Among the Last Things You Learn
26. H in the Workplace: Hard to Tell
27. 6 Do High-H People Flock Together?
28. Similarity Beyond Personality
29. Similarity-and Perceived Similarity-in Friends
30. Personality, Values, and Relationships
31. 7 Politics
32. Right-Wing Authoritarianism (RWA) and Social Dominance Orientation (SDO)
33. O and Right-Wing Authoritarianism
34. H and Social Dominance Orientation
35. Personality and Political Party Support
36. 8 Religion
37. Personality and Religious Beliefs
38. Traditional Religion versus Mystical Spirituality: The Role of O
39. Reasons for Religious Observance: The Role of H
40. Do Religions Promote High H?
41. 9 Money, Power, and Sex
42. Money
43. Power
44. Sex
45. 10 How to Identify Low-H People-and How to Live Around Them
46. Not-So-Valid Signs of High H
47. Respectability / Anti-conformity / Religious Piety / Championing the
Underdog / Blunt Criticism / Publicly Displayed Generosity
48. Valid Signs of Low H
49. Beating the System / Instrumental Ingratiation / Gambling and Financial
Speculation / Sexual Infidelity / Conspicuous Consumption (and Name
Dropping) / ""Above the Law"" Mentality / Contempt of Other Groups
50. Living Around Low-H People
51. Epilogue: On Becoming a High-H Person
52. Appendix: The HEXACO Personality Inventory-Revised
53. HEXACO Personality Inventory-Revised (Self-Report Form)
54. HEXACO Personality Inventory-Revised (Observer Report Form)
55. HEXACO-PI-R Scoring and Interpretation
56. Notes
57. References