Personality and Workplace Ostracism: The value of the HEXACO domains and facets in predicting ostracizing behaviors in the workplace.

We stipulate that specific personality factors are related with the probability of engaging in ostracizing behaviors. We examine and analyze the domain and facet level relations of the HEXACO with workplace ostracizing and investigate the presence of masking and cancellation effects. Among domain level relations we find that Extraversion significantly relates to the probability of workplace ostracizing. We also find evidence that facets are able to outperform their constituent domains when predicting workplace ostracizing. Our findings also revealed masking effects among the Extraversion facets and a cancellation effect within the Honesty-Humility domain. These findings suggest that the use of a few narrow HEXACO facets can be more effective and efficient in predicting workplace ostracizing than the use of all six domains. Ultimately, our findings provide support that investigations of both domain and facet level relations are essential in personality research as criterion related validities are otherwise lost.