<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Military staffs are composed of many smaller teams that are interdependent upon each other for a positive functioning level of the whole staff. Many factors can improve or harm the harmony of the staff. Recently, there has been an increased interest in the soft factors that may affect team performance. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between the Big Five personality dimensions, political skill and perceived team performance in a multinational staff training event. The sample included 185 military staff officers (49% response rate). The results indicated that the personality dimension Emotional stability and Political skill had a limited, yet statistically significant, predictive power on team performance. Practical considerations and future research directions are suggested.</p></abstract>

Military staffs are composed of many smaller teams that are interdependent upon each other for a positive functioning level of the whole staff. Many factors can improve or harm the harmony of the staff. Recently, there has been an increased interest in the soft factors that may affect team performance. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between the Big Five personality dimensions, political skill and perceived team performance in a multinational staff training event. The sample included 185 military staff officers (49% response rate). The results indicated that the personality dimension Emotional stability and Political skill had a limited, yet statistically significant, predictive power on team performance. Practical considerations and future research directions are suggested.

Examining the relationship between personality, organizational political skill and perceived team performance in a multinational military staff exercise context

Department of Security, Strategy and Leadership, Swedish Defence University, Karlstad,

Department of Security, Strategy and Leadership, Swedish Defence University, Stockholm,

Department of Security, Strategy and Leadership, Swedish Defence University, Karlstad, Sweden and Department of Public Health, Hedmark University College, Elverum,

Journal of Military Studies

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Military staffs are composed of many smaller teams that are interdependent upon each other for a positive functioning level of the whole staff. Many factors...

Variables	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	M	SD
1. Extraversion Scale scores could range from one (lowest degree) to nine (highest degree).	–							5.57	1.97
2. Agreeableness Scale scores could range from one (lowest degree) to nine (highest degree).	–0.22 P < 0.01;							5.90	1.62
3.Conscientiousness Scale scores could range from one (lowest degree) to nine (highest degree).	0.10	–0.10	–					5.70	1.71
4. Openness Scale scores could range from one (lowest degree) to nine (highest degree).	0.01	0.11	–0.13	–				5.31	1.85
5. Emotional stability Scale scores could range from one (lowest degree) to nine (highest degree).	0.14	0.06	0.04	–0.10	–			6.19	1.87
6. PSI total score Scale scores could range from one (strongly disagree) to seven (strongly agree).	0.35 P < 0.01;	0.17	0.07	0.14	0.17 P < 0.05.	–		5.06	0.71
7. Team performance Scale scores could range from one (strongly disagree) to seven (strongly agree).	0.17 P < 0.05.	–0.07	0.12	0.15 P < 0.05.	0.23 P < 0.01;	0.32 P < 0.01;	–	5.71	0.95

Dependent variable (Perceived team performance)	Model

Predictor variables	Beta	p
Extraversion	0.06	0.459
Openness	0.13	0.067
Emotional stability	0.19	0.007
PSI total score	0.25	0.001
R²/adjusted R²	0.150/0.131

Examining the relationship between personality, organizational political skill and perceived team performance in a multinational military staff exercise context

Article Category: Research Article

Publicado en línea: 31 dic 2016

Páginas: 24 - 30

Recibido: 25 ene 2016

Aceptado: 17 ago 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jms-2016-0003

Palabras clave
personality, team performance, political skills, military

© 2016, Alicia Ohlsson et al.

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Intercorrelations, means and standard deviations of the Big Five dimensions of personality, Political skill total score and perceived team performance (n = 185)

Regression results for the association of the Big Five personality dimensions Extraversion, Openness and Emotional stability, and Political skills total score with perceived team performance (n = 184)

Examining the relationship between personality, organizational political skill and perceived team performance in a multinational military staff exercise context

Article Category: Research Article

Publicado en línea: 31 dic 2016

Páginas: 24 - 30

Recibido: 25 ene 2016

Aceptado: 17 ago 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jms-2016-0003

Palabras clavepersonality, team performance, political skills, military

© 2016, Alicia Ohlsson et al.

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Intercorrelations, means and standard deviations of the Big Five dimensions of personality, Political skill total score and perceived team performance (n = 185)

Regression results for the association of the Big Five personality dimensions Extraversion, Openness and Emotional stability, and Political skills total score with perceived team performance (n = 184)

Palabras clave
personality, team performance, political skills, military