Waking up Rip Van Winkle: A meta-analytic data based evaluation of the HEXACO Personality Model and Inventory

Ones, D. S., Dilchert, S., Giordano, C., Stanek, K. C., & Viswesvaran, C.
European Journal of Personality, 34(4), 538–541.
(2020)

The HEXACO personality model does not provide an accurate organization of the personality domain: it over-relies on lexical research, focuses on one level of the personality hierarchy, and lacks coherent theory. The HEXACO personality inventory overemphasizes internal consistency, factorial homogeneity, and unidimensionality; lacks construct coverage and has construct validity problems.