Jie Liu defends her PhD thesis at the Department of Psychology

Candidate
Jie Liu

Title
“Linking the HEXACO Dimensions to Personality, Political, Organizational, and Relationship Criteria”.  The Thesis will be available for reading at the Faculty Library of Social Science, Gothersgade 140, 1353 Copenhagen K.

Time and venue
Friday the 1st June 2018 at 13:00. University of Copenhagen, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, CSS, room 1.1.18

Assessment Committee

• Professor Barbara Hoff Esbjørn, Department of Psychology, University of Copenhagen (chair)
• Professor Reinout de Vries, University of  Twente, The Netherlands
• Professor Kibeom Lee, University of Calgary, Canada

Abstract
The HEXACO Model of Personality is empirically derived from lexical studies across many languages and is evolutionary based since its six traits are associated with different evolutionary concepts. Based on the HEXACO model, this thesis investigated two broad topics, one concerning the relation between the HEXACO model and the Big Five, and the other concerning the application of the HEXACO model into three life areas, including politics, job performance and mate selection. Regarding the former, the thesis systematically reviewed the current knowledge of Honesty-Humility, and examined the relation between the HEXACO model and the Big Five aspects. Regarding the latter, the thesis examined the relation between facets of authoritarianism and the HEXACO dimensions, investigated the interaction between Honesty-Humility and perception of work environment on job performance,  explored two types of ideal partner preferences (similarity versus better-ness), and examined assumed similarity between intimate partners.