The paper you linked is the one I was able to read -- I linked the full text in my previous post. The paper I was unable to access was "Development and Validati

The paper you linked is the one I was able to read -- I linked the full text in my previous post. The paper I was unable to access was "Development and Validation of an International English Big-Five Mini-Markers" which I was interested in for its apparent validation of the model at a more general level. I peered through the Google Scholar results this morning, and I did indeed find several approachable articles on the subject. For those interested: [1] "The five-factor model of personality and career success" http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0001879100917573 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0001879100... [2] "The Big Five Personality Dimensions and Job Performance: A Meta-Analysis" http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1744-6570.1991.tb00688.x/abstract http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1744-6570.1991.... [3] "The effects of personality on earnings" http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167487004000546 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167487004... [4] "Ability and Personality Predictors of Salary, Perceived Job Success, and Perceived Career Success in the Initial Career Stage" http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1468-2389.2008.00435.x/abstract?deniedAccessCustomisedMessage=&userIsAuthenticated=false http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1468-2389.2008.... The results are varying, [1] and [2] confirm, while [2] seems to disconfirm (haven't read that one beyond the abstract yet as I need to go to work). [3] appears to confirm but only finds this relationship holds true for women. In any case, thanks 'trevelyan for pointing me towards some interesting weekend reading!