Validating the South African Personality Inventory (SAPI) : Examining green behavior and job crafting within a nomological network of personality

Abstract

Abstract: Personality assessment in organizations has mostly served as a tool for decision-making regarding selection and job performance. In this article the focus is shifted towards understanding the role of personality in individuals’ propensity to exhibit contemporary work-related behaviors, such as employee green behavior (EGB) and job crafting (JC), through a nomological network. From an indigenous perspective, the cultural applicability of EGB and JC was estab-lished prior to investigating the external validity of the South African Personality Inventory (SAPI). The unidimensional EGB-framework developed by Ones and Dilchert (2009) was found to have a covert and an overt component in the South African context, while the JC-model developed by Tims, Bakker, and Derks (2012) was unchanged. Within the nomological network, Positive Social-Relational Disposition did not display any predictive qualities. Conscientious-ness and Negative Social-Relational Disposition were found to predict both EGB (covert) and JC. Extraversion, Open-ness, and Neuroticism displayed predictive qualities only within the JC-model. Further investigation of these relation-ships is suggested, using quantile regression