… Building on work done to measure the effectiveness of Air Force officers during the Cold War, psychologists have largely settled on five traits that collectively paint a comprehensive picture of individual personalities.
One key dimension of the so-called Big Five is dubbed “openness to experience.” Those who exhibit this trait display an “intrinsic attraction to new experiences,” higher degrees of creative behavior at work and adjust better to work assignments overseas.
This aspect of personality consistently emerges as the single most important in determining an individual’s politics. CONT.
Mark Mellman (Mellman Group), The Hill