I shake my head in amazement when I read comments from
academic cave people making bizzar generic statements
such as the "Big 5" personality theoretical constructs
no longer being relevant or "in vogue". Research
concerning the Big 5 is relevant, and yielding dozens
of articles so far in 2005 in major journals in
psychology, personnel & HR, and psychiatry.
I again refer readers to Jerry Hunt's commentary:
"Much leadership literature neglects its
historical-contextual antecedents and as a result
over-emphasizes zeitgeist, or tenor of the time's
social forces. This neglect impedes leadership
research by encouraging academic amnesia and promoting
a strong feeling of research deja vu among many
researchers and practitioners."
"Leadership deja vu all over again", J.G. Hunt & G.E.
Dodge, The Leadership Quarterly, Volume 11, Number 4,
Winter 2000, pp. 435-458, Elsevier Science.
Perhaps in a decade or so the cave academics will
"rediscover" the Big 5.
"Who dare to teach must never cease to learn."-John Cotton Dana
Romie F. Littrell, BA, MBA,PhD, FAIR, An f�na� fi�in
Faculty of Business, Auckland University of Technology, N.Z.
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