More on RIASEC and the Five-Factor Model of Personality: Direct Assessment of Prediger's (1982) and Hogan's (1983) Dimensions

Abstract

The purpose of the current study was to respond to researchers' calls to further illuminate the relations of the domains of vocational interests and personality (e.g., Lowman, 1991; Spokane, 1991; Waller, Lykken, & Tellegen, 1995). Specifically, we extended the empirical literature in this area by directly relating the RIASEC dimensions hypothesized by Prediger (1982; i.e., data/ideas and things/people) and by Hogan (1983; i.e., sociability and conformity) to the five-factor model of personality in a sample of 490 employed adults (mean age = 37). Results indicated strong links between personality and both sets of RIASEC dimensions, as well as somewhat different links for men and women in terms of both magnitude and pattern. Consistent with theory and related research, RIASEC dimensions were associated particularly strongly with the Big-Five dimensions of extraversion and openness, especially for men.