Title: Validating the Big Five Aspect Scale amongst B-school students in India

Authors: Tanusree Dutta; Nitesh Bhatia; Raina Chhajer

Addresses: Indian Institute of Management, Ranchi, India ' Central University of Jharkhand, Ranchi, India ' Indian Institute of Management, Indore, India

Abstract: The Big Five theory of personality is recognised and measured across nations. This study examined the validity and reliability of the Big Five Aspect Scale (BFAS) developed by DeYoung et al. 's (2007) among Indian B-school students. The participants were 254 post-graduate level management students from B-schools in India. Results suggested that the BFAS did not retain the factor structure originally proposed by the scale developers. Internal reliability was below the level found in the North American sample. The psychometric features of the BFAS scale were not promising. Thus it might not be appropriate to measure personality traits of Indian B-school students using this scale.

Keywords: validating; personality; Big Five Aspect Scale; BFAS; B-school; students; India.

DOI: 10.1504/IJBIR.2025.150770

International Journal of Business Innovation and Research, 2025 Vol.38 No.4, pp.426 - 441

Received: 06 Jul 2021
Accepted: 23 Oct 2022
Published online: 23 Dec 2025 *

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