友好待人的员工比不太讨人喜欢的同事收入低

 

Researchers at the University of Sheffield made the discovery while looking at the impact of personality traits on workers' productivity and pay. 

 

Their study found: 'More agreeable workers tend to earn less in the actual labor¹ market, but their productivity is similar when measured in the laboratory setting.' 

 

They defined agreeableness as being compliant², modest, trustworthy and sympathetic. 

 

The study found women were most likely to show agreeable personality traits, perhaps one reason for the gender³ pay gap. 

 

Being agreeable made workers more successful in team work, but had three negative effects on their performance. 

 

'First, helping⁴ others may reduce individual productivity,' the study found. 'Secondly⁵, agreeable people may be less effective when bargaining their wage. Finally, agreeable individuals may enter less stable, lower paid occupations.' 

 

The study was presented at the Royal Economic Society's 2015 annual conference in Manchester yesterday by Ana Nuevo-Chiquero, of The University of Sheffield, who conducted the research alongside Australian and Spanish academics.

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