The more honest and humble an employee is, the better their job performance is likely to be, according to a recent study conducted by Baylor University.

The Baylor researchers and a business consultant they worked with surveyed 269 employees across 25 different companies in 20 states who work in positions that provide healthcare to "challenging" clients. Supervisors of the employees in the study rated the job performance of each employee across 35 different job skills and also described the type of customer the employee worked with. The ratings were included to help senior management how the employees were performing and also to help the Baylor researchers determine which personality variables could be associated with job performance ratings.