HEXACO
The six-factor model that adds honesty-humility to the Big Five, and what that sixth dimension picks up that five factors miss.
Emotionality: Meaning, Definition, and the Openness Facet
Emotionality is awareness of your feelings as information. What the Openness facet measures, what each pole looks like, and why HEXACO Emotionality is a different trait.
5 min readBig Five
Straightforward: Meaning, and the Misnamed Morality Facet
The IPIP-NEO facet called Morality is scored from four questions about cheating and using people. Real content, and far too little to weigh a character on.
5 min readBig Five
Why HEXACO Catches the Dark Triad Better Than Big Five
Narcissism, Machiavellianism, and psychopathy all share something the Big Five does not isolate. HEXACO does, through the Honesty-Humility factor
8 min readScience
When HEXACO Predicts Workplace Behavior Better Than Big Five
For most workplace outcomes the Big Five is enough. For ethical violations and counterproductive work behavior, HEXACO does something the Big Five does not
8 min readCareer
HEXACO Emotionality vs Big Five Neuroticism: The Subtle Difference
HEXACO Emotionality and Big Five Neuroticism look alike from a distance. Up close, the anger facet sits in a different place — and that one move changes a lot
7 min readBig Five
HEXACO vs Big Five: The Honest Difference
The HEXACO model adds one factor the Big Five does not measure: Honesty-Humility. Here is what that changes, and when it matters.
7 min readBig Five
Honesty-Humility: The 6th Trait the Big Five Misses
Honesty-Humility is the sixth trait HEXACO adds to the Big Five: sincerity, fairness, greed-avoidance and modesty. What a high or low score means, and why the Big Five never caught it.
7 min readTraits