From the mailroom to the corner office, conscientiousness predicts success. "Of all personality traits, conscientiousness has been associated with strong performance and success in almost all areas of ...

But the allegation that conscientiousness is cratering doesn't seem to hold up. The article draws on a survey that measures conscientiousness on a scale of 9 (the lowest possible score) to 45. The ...

When it comes to achievement, Conscientiousness is a great thing. All else being equal, the person who has tenacity, persistence, stamina, and grit will be more successful then the person who is lazy ...

Personality tests are two a penny, and most of them are no more meaningful than astrology (spoken like a true Capricorn). But there are ways to study personality empirically—they just involve ...

The only major personality trait that consistently leads to success is conscientiousness. "It's emerging as one of the primary dimensions of successful functioning across the lifespan," Paul Tough ...

A recurring theme in Tyler Cowen's writing is that new age we're living in is rewarding people with particular cognitive styles, and that this will become even more true in the future. The usefulness ...

But a new study finds the personality trait that predicts success at work more than any other is associated with a very different tendency: I’m talking about conscientiousness. “Conscientiousness is ...

Multiple sclerosis patients may be better equipped to stave off the cognitive decline that the disease can cause by using a smartphone-based app now under development at UB. Called the ...

A chart caption affixed to the article suggested that conscientiousness was "in freefall." But the allegation that conscientiousness is cratering doesn't seem to hold up. The article draws on a survey ...