The Daily Stat: Your Openness May Bode Well for Your Long-Term Job Prospects

Are you having trouble viewing this email? If so, click here to see it in a web browser. HOME   |   BLOGS   |   THE MAGAZINE   |   BOOKS   |   AUTHORS   |   STORE RSS   |   Mobile FEBRUARY 21, 2013 Your Openness May Bode Well for Your Long-Term Job Prospects New hires who scored high on a scale of "openness to experience" performed better over the long term in a professional-services firm than their peers—that is, it took longer for them to follow the typical trajectory of hitting a wall and starting to decline. Employees whose openness scores were 1 standard deviation above the mean began their performance decline at 3.34 years on the job, about 7 months later than the average for all the new hires, says a team led by Amirali Minbashian of the University of New South Wales. Openness to experience is associated with higher motivation to learn, and a learning orientation may focus people on mastering tasks that are beneficial for long-term performance, the researchers say. Source: Openness to Experience as a Predictor of Job Performance Trajectories Share Today's Stat: FEATURED PRODUCT HBR Guide to Project Management EBook Now Available Meet your goals – on time and on budget. How do you rein in the scope of your project when you've got a group of demanding stakeholders breathing down your neck? And map out a schedule everyone can stick to? And motivate team members who have competing demands on their time and attention? Whether you're managing your first project or just tired of improvising, this guide will give you the tools and confidence you need to define smart goals, meet them, and capture lessons learned so future projects go even more smoothly. ADVERTISEMENT Follow the Stat: BEST SELLERS HBR's 10 Must Reads: The Essentials HBR's 10 Must Reads Boxed Set HBR Guide to Persuasive Presentations HBR Guide to Better Business Writing HBR Guide to Getting the Right Work Done PREVIOUS STATS Even Government Workers Will Eventually Lose Their Pensions Big Food Companies Are Training You to Like Less Salt Politically Conservative Shoppers Shun Generics and New Products A Nearby Meth Lab Depresses the Value of Your Home Number of Users Spending Less Time on Facebook Outweighs Number Spending More Time How Long Do You Expect to Live? It Depends on How You're Asked Traffic Eases in U.S., and GPS Plays a Part Criminals Give Up on Robbing Banks and Head for the Internet Flattering the Boss Can Set Him Up for a Fall External Hires Struggle at First but Surpass Their Home-Grown Colleagues Introducing Mobile ManageMentor Powered by the proven content of Harvard ManageMentor™ iTunes >> Android >> UNSUBSCRIBE   |   UPDATE YOUR PROFILE   |   MORE EMAIL NEWSLETTERS   |   PRIVACY POLICY Was this email forwarded to you? If so, sign up to start receiving your own copy. ABOUT THIS MAILING LIST You have received this message because you subscribed to the "The Daily Stat" email newsletter from Harvard Business Review. If at any point you wish to remove yourself from this list, change your email address, or sign up for other email newsletters and alerts, please visit the Harvard Business Review Email Newsletter Preference Center. OPT OUT If you do not wish to receive any email messages from Harvard Business Review, click here. ADVERTISE WITH HBR This enewsletter is read by thousands of decision makers every day. Learn more about connecting your brand with this audience. Copyright © 2013 Harvard Business School Publishing, an affiliate of Harvard Business School. All rights reserved. Harvard Business Publishing | 60 Harvard Way | Boston, MA 02163 Customer Service: 800-545-7685 (+1-617-783-7600 outside the U.S. and Canada)