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Personality development goals at work: Would a new assessment tool help?

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  • L. Wendong Li
  • J. Wang

    (Audencia Business School)

  • J. Jing Hu

Abstract

We commend the focal article by Dupré and Wille (2024) that introduces personality development goals at work. Yet, to many organizational researchers, this may strike as a bold proposal given its novelty and provocative nature. Seeing the potential of this proposal, we offer discussions on potential theoretical and methodological challenges that researchers, who are eager to advance this line of research, may encounter. We encourage future research to tackle these issues in order to further advance theoretical developments and practical applications of personality development at work.

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  • L. Wendong Li & J. Wang & J. Jing Hu, 2025. "Personality development goals at work: Would a new assessment tool help?," Post-Print hal-05387891, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-05387891
    DOI: 10.1111/ijsa.12498
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