Abstract
An inventory to measure personality traits of Chinese state employees named a GB Personality Test was administered based on 322 employees (155 males and 67 females) working for the local government offices and enterprises in Liaoning Province, China. This inventory consists of 150 items that constitute 15 factor scales representing the following three key dimensions. First, the naturalistic trait dimension consists of character predisposition, emotional stability, richness of emotion and quick thinking. Second, the emotional dimension constitutes awareness, tolerance, aspiration, responsibility and maturity. Third, the work-style dimension includes independence, exploration, boldness, interpersonal competence and sensitivity.
Trait scores across the above 15 scales were examined in terms of skewness of the distributions, male and female differences, and comparisons among the young-, middle- and old-age employee groups. Results indicated that all scales examined distributed normally, with showing some significanat group differences indicating unique features of each group.
