Personality traits that drive success can derail employees under pressure, study finds

September 9, 2026 · 12:00 am 2 sources

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• Genetic associations with the Big Five personality traits probed in one million people
  Nature · September 9, 2026 00:00
  Nature, Published online: 09 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02790-0 Human DNA has been linked to personality traits — how individuals think, feel and act — thus identifying hundreds of genetic variants that contribute to the traits’ moderate heritability. The pathways from DNA to…

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• Personality traits that drive success can derail employees under pressure, study finds
  HR Dive · September 10, 2026 14:53
  The goal should be to help workers develop a “strategic self-awareness” of what triggers their personality “derailers,” Hogan Assessment said.