Personality As a Predictor of Teamwork: A Business Simulator Study‪.‬

Personnel selection and placement systems are concerned with identifying valid predictors of team performance. This study attempted to identify variables that would predict team performance. Specifically, 78 college students worked in 10 long-standing teams competing in a business simulation. Extraversion, conscientiousness, emotional stability, agreeableness, and predisposition to be a team player were analyzed for their effects on task performance and social cohesion. Analyses revealed no significant effects for extraversion and conscientiousness, while emotional stability predicted task performance and agreeableness predicted cohesion. Predisposition to be a team player predicted both task performance and cohesion. The implications of these results for researchers and practitioners are discussed. **********