Handbook of Organization Measurement
Neuroticism
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§2The established instruments
What the field already uses — named and cited, not reproduced (item wording is copyrighted and withheld pending clearance).
- Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire (16PF), 5th ed. — Cattell
- IPIP-NEO-120 (Johnson) — Johnson
- IPIP-NEO (International Personality Item Pool, NEO) — Goldberg
- IPIP-NEO-300 (Johnson) — Johnson
- Occupational Personality Questionnaire (OPQ32) — Saville & Holdsworth (SHL)
- Hogan Personality Inventory (HPI) — Hogan & Hogan
- Mini-IPIP — Donnellan, Oswald, Baird, & Lucas
- Big Five Inventory-2 (BFI-2) — Soto & John
§3The math on what we know
Synthesized priors from the live registry: pooled r, studies (k), total N, top study grade, and heterogeneity. Rows flagged for heterogeneity or single-study evidence are directional, not settled — read them as a central tendency.
What neuroticism predicts
| Outcome | r | k | N | Grade | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burnout | +0.64 | 1 | 50 | A | single study |
| Work Engagement | −0.36 | 1 | 15,989 | A | single study |
| Job Satisfaction | −0.29 | 1 | 50 | A | single study |
| Counterproductive Work Behaviours | +0.19 | 1 | 11,740 | A | single study |
| Overall Job Performance | −0.14 | 1 | 5,671 | A | single study |