Table of Contents
List of Boxes viii
Acknowledgements ix
1 Meet the H Factor 1
2 The Missing Link of Personality Psychology 5
The "Big Five" Personality Factors 6
Six Personality Factors 14
3 HEXACO: The Six Dimensions of Personality 19
Engagement and Endeavour: Openness to Experience (O), Conscientiousness (C), and Extraversion (X) 23
Altruism versus Antagonism: Honesty-Humility (H), Agreeableness (A), and Emotionality (E) 27
4 A Field Guide to Low-H People 39
Low H, Low E: Greed without Fear-or Pity 40
Low H, High E: Weaseling and Whining 42
Low H, High X: Narcissism Run Wild 45
Low H, Low X: The Smug Silent Types 48
Low H, Low A: Just Plain Nasty 51
Low H, High A: Inoffensive but Insincere 54
Low H, Low C: An Employer's Worst Nightmare 58
Low H, High C: Selfish Ambition 61
Low H, Low O: Shallow and Narrow 67
Low H, High O: Sophisticated Snobbery 68
5 Can You Tell Someone's Level of H? 73
Personality in Strangers 73
Self-Reports of H: Are They Honest? 76
Knowing Someone's Personality: H Is among the Last Things You Learn 79
H in the Workplace: Hard to Tell 82
6 Do High-H People Flock Together? 87
Similarity Beyond Personality 87
Similarity-and Perceived Similarity-in Friends 91
Personality, Values, and Relationships 95
7 Politics 99
Right-Wing Authoritarianism (RWA) and Social Dominance Orientation (SDO) 100
O and Right-Wing Authoritarianism 104
H and Social Dominance Orientation 110
Personality and Political Party Support 113
8 Religion 117
Personality and Religious Beliefs 118
Traditional Religion versus Mystical Spirituality: The Role of O 122
Reasons for Religious Observance: The Role of H 124
Do Religions Promote High H? 126
9 Money, Power, and Sex 129
Money 129
Power 139
Sex 142
10 How to Identify Low-H People-and How to Live Around Them 151
Not-So-Valid Signs of High H 152
Respectability / Anti-Conformity / Religious Piety / Championing the Underdog / Blunt Criticism / Publicly Displayed Generosity
Valid Signs of Low H 156
Beating the System / Instrumental Ingratiation / Gambling and Financial Speculation / Sexual Infidelity / Conspicuous Consumption (and Name Dropping) / "Above the Law" Mentality / Contempt of Other Groups
Living Around Low-H People 162
Epilogue: On Becoming a High-H Person 165
Appendix: The HEXACO Personality Inventory-Revised 167
HEXACO Personality Inventory-Revised (Self-Report Form) 167
HEXACO Personality Inventory-Revised (Observer Report Form) 171
HEXACO-PI-R Scoring and Interpretation 175
Notes 179
References 191
