Validation of the Big Five Personality Inventory-15 (CBF-PI-15) scale for the Portuguese language and use to assess the project professionals.

Alexandre Labat Marcos; Fernando A. Ribeiro Serra; Leonardo Vils; Isabel Cristina Scafuto

doi:10.5585/gep.v14i1.23210

Authors

Alexandre Labat Marcos Universidade Nove de Julho - UNINOVE https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1418-1116
Fernando A. Ribeiro Serra Universidade Nove de Julho - UNINOVE https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8178-7313
Leonardo Vils Universidade Nove de Julho - UNINOVE https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3059-1967
Isabel Cristina Scafuto Universidade Nove de Julho - UNINOVE https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6788-3325

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5585/gep.v14i1.23210

Keywords:

Big five personality model, Five Factor model, Project management, Scale validation. Success in projects, Behavior in projects, Project professional personality.

Abstract

Although the Big Five personality model is recognized for its usefulness in personality assessment and research, its application in project management studies is limited due to proprietary research instruments. These instruments are either expensive or difficult to use due to their lengthy assessments. This article is divided into two parts. Firstly, we validated the 15-item short scale (CBF-PI-15) for Brazil, which was proposed by Zhang, Wang, He, Jie, and Deng (2019), and confirmed its effectiveness for project professionals. Secondly, we presented simple examples of practical applications for project management professionals. We argue that previous research on personality assessment provides opportunities for research with project professionals. We conducted Exploratory and Confirmatory Factor Analyses according to best practices, which resulted in appropriate levels of internal consistency and reliability. Our validation allows for scientific research on projects and is a parsimonious measure of the Big Five personality model, maintaining the five factors of the original proprietary scale. We also provided examples of practical use, which indicated changes in project professionals' behavior through growth and subsequent decrease in openness to experience with increased experience in project management.

Author Biography

Fernando A. Ribeiro Serra, Universidade Nove de Julho - UNINOVE

Doutor em Engenharia pela PUC-Rio. Dirige a Unisul Business School e é professor do mestrado em Administração da Unisul. Pesquisa em estratégia com ênfase em RBV e Dynamic Capabilities.

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