A&P Advisory in 2020 put out a survey to gauge the predisposition or preference of governance, risk management and assurance practitioners in relation to the level of professional and general scepticism they apply when engaging in activities such as audit.

The 24-question survey was designed in collaboration with a qualified psychologist and based on the NEO Personality Inventory (NEO PI-I), which examines a person’s Big Five personality traits (openness to experience, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness and neuroticism).

What personality traits best support the work of governance, risk management and assurance practitioners?

This was the research question A&P Advisory put out by way of a survey in 2020.  We received 119 responses from a sample of professionals whose views we collated and included in an article, which was published in the July edition of the Governance Institute of Australia publication Governance Directions and is accessible on the A&P Advisory website.

The results of the survey, first published in June 2020 and accessible on the A&P Advisory website, are presented here as a deep dive into the topic to stimulate further thinking and discussion.

Personality trait research