DrHancock Is Developing a Personality Profile to Be Used as One

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Essay

Dr.Hancock is developing a personality profile to be used as one of several screening devices in the hiring of research scientists for the large research and development division of a major pharmaceutical company.Her goal is to maximize the probability of measuring personality dimensions that would be related to appropriate differences in the job performance of research scientists (which primarily involves unconventional insights and creative problem solving in order to develop practical,new drugs for the treatments of disease).Upon learning that you had studied some of the most recent research on personality in graduate school,Dr.Hancock asked you to comment on the appropriateness of including measures in the test assessing one or more of the Big Five personality factors.Explain which,if any,of the factors would be appropriate for Dr.Hancock to include in her test.Be sure to clarify any assumptions that you make in developing your answer.

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