Assessing the Social Value of Personality Information (English version)

Crisanta-Alina Mazilescu (), Sid Abdellaoui () and Bernard Gangloff ()
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Crisanta-Alina Mazilescu: Politehnica University of Timisoara, Department for Teaching Training, Timisoara, ROMANIA
Sid Abdellaoui: University Paris 8, Parisian Laboratory of Social Psychology, FRANCE
Bernard Gangloff: Universite Paris Ouest Nanterre La Defense, Parisian Laboratory of Social Psychology, FRANCE

Revista de cercetare si interventie sociala, 2012, vol. 38, 91-106

Abstract: Interpersonal interactions are often based on information obtained about others, and in particular information about personality. Therefore, it seems reasonable to assume that personality information has some value. The purpose of this study was to examine the assignment of value to information based on the 5 dimensions generally defined as the constituent features of human personality. The Big Five questionnaire was used to examine the value assigned by 180 participants to each dimension based on the two dimensions of value: social desirability and social utility. The study found that information is considered to be more desirable and useful than undesirable and pernicious and that even undesirable information is generally considered useful. Variations were also observed according to the considered dimension and the pole (positive or negative) to which the information refers.

Keywords: personality; traits; value; social desirability; social utility (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A23 Y80 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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