This is all very interesting: the five-factor model begins to make sense to me; I used to think of it as only slightly better than the Barnum effect. From Wordnik.com. [Grasping the Nettle of Personality, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference
Movements in the five-factor model and the dollar are 96 per cent correlated over the past. From Wordnik.com. [The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed] Reference
To the five-factor theorist, positive and negative stimuli are assessed by different personality factors. From Wordnik.com. [Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference
Coping tendencies were assessed using a five-factor structure that included: social support (both problem & emotion-focused), problem-solving. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
Drawing from research on the five-factor model of personality (the Big Five), executive leader emotional adjustment (low neuroticism) and conscientiousness were hypothesized to be positively related to firm performance. From Wordnik.com. [BNET Articles] Reference
When Mr. Vasic combines these factors with the better-known impact of commodity prices - creating a five-factor model for Canadian-dollar influences - he finds a near-perfect correlation with the loonie's performance, and not only recently. From Wordnik.com. [The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed] Reference
This 31-question quiz -- adapted from the Entrepreneurial Personality Quiz in Instinct: Tapping Your Entrepreneurial DNA to Achieve Your Business Goals, by Thomas L. Harrison -- is based on the widely used, five-factor model of personality identified in 1985 by Paul Costa Jr. and Robert McCrae of the National Institute on Aging. From Wordnik.com. [Measure Your Entrepreneurial Instinct] Reference
Using the Third Circuit’s five-factor test: (1) Amersham’s acts weren’t willful or deliberate. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-04-01] Reference
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