The H Factor of Personality
Why Some People Are Manipulative, Self-Entitled, Materialistic, and Exploitive—and Why It Matters for Everyone
Kibeom Lee (Author), Michael C. Ashton (Author)
9781554588343
Paperback / softback, published 30 November 2012
212 pages, 5 tables, 3 graphs, and 4 figures
17.8 x 12.7 x 1.3 cm, 0.35 kg
People who have high levels of H are sincere and modest; people who have low levels are deceitful and pretentious. The "H" in the H factor stands for "Honesty-Humility", one of the six basic dimensions of the human personality. It isn't intuitively obvious that traits of honesty and humility go hand in hand, and until very recently the H factor hadn't been recognized as a basic dimension of personality. But scientific evidence shows that traits of honesty and humility form a unified group of personality traits, separate from those of the other five groups identified several decades ago.
This book, written by the discoverers of the H factor, explores the scientific findings that show the importance of this personality dimension in various aspects of people's lives: their approaches to money, power, and sex; their inclination to commit crimes or obey the law; their attitudes about society, politics, and religion; and their choice of friends and spouse. Finally, the book provides ways of identifying people who are low in the H factor, as well as advice on how to raise one's own level of H.
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The H Factor of Personality: Why Some People are Manipulative, Self-Entitled, Materialistic, and Exploitve-And Why It Matters for Everyone by Kibeom Lee and Michael C. Ashton
- List of Boxes
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Meet the H Factor
- 2 The Missing Link of Personality Psychology
- The ""Big Five"" Personality Factors
- Six Personality Factors
- 3 HEXACO: The Six Dimensions of Personality
- Engagement and Endeavour: Openness to Experience (O), Conscientiousness (C), and Extraversion (X)
- Altruism versus Antagonism: Honesty-Humility (H), Agreeableness (A), and Emotionality (E)
- 4 A Field Guide to Low-H People
- Low H, Low E: Greed without Fear-or Pity
- Low H, High E: Weaseling and Whining
- Low H, High X: Narcissism Run Wild
- Low H, Low X: The Smug Silent Types
- Low H, Low A: Just Plain Nasty
- Low H, High A: Inoffensive but Insincere
- Low H, Low C: An Employer'
s Worst Nightmare
- Low H, High C: Selfish Ambition
- Low H, Low O: Shallow and Narrow
- Low H, High O: Sophisticated Snobbery
- 5 Can You Tell Someone'
s Level of H?
- Personality in Strangers
- Self-Reports of H: Are They Honest?
- Knowing Someone'
s Personality: H Is Among the Last Things You Learn
- H in the Workplace: Hard to Tell
- 6 Do High-H People Flock Together?
- Similarity Beyond Personality
- Similarity-and Perceived Similarity-in Friends
- Personality, Values, and Relationships
- 7 Politics
- Right-Wing Authoritarianism (RWA) and Social Dominance Orientation (SDO)
- O and Right-Wing Authoritarianism
- H and Social Dominance Orientation
- Personality and Political Party Support
- 8 Religion
- Personality and Religious Beliefs
- Traditional Religion versus Mystical Spirituality: The Role of O
- Reasons for Religious Observance: The Role of H
- Do Religions Promote High H?
- 9 Money, Power, and Sex
- Money
- Power
- Sex
- 10 How to Identify Low-H People-and How to Live Around Them
- Not-So-Valid Signs of High H
- Respectability / Anti-conformity / Religious Piety / Championing the Underdog / Blunt Criticism / Publicly Displayed Generosity
- Valid Signs of Low H
- Beating the System / Instrumental Ingratiation / Gambling and Financial Speculation / Sexual Infidelity / Conspicuous Consumption (and Name Dropping) / ""Above the Law"" Mentality / Contempt of Other Groups
- Living Around Low-H People
- Epilogue: On Becoming a High-H Person
- Appendix: The HEXACO Personality Inventory-Revised
- HEXACO Personality Inventory-Revised (Self-Report Form)
- HEXACO Personality Inventory-Revised (Observer Report Form)
- HEXACO-PI-R Scoring and Interpretation
- Notes
- References
