Employees with agreeable personalities are more appreciated in the workplace since the pandemic, a study says

• A study from the University of London academics looked into the Big Five personality traits at work.
• "Two cooperative people will outperform two competitive people every time," a co-author told CNBC.
• And managers appear to have taken more notice of this since the pandemic.

Employees who show high agreeableness are more appreciated in the workplace since the pandemic, according to a study reported by CNBC.

Academics from the University of London studied over 3,500 people working on group tasks over a ten-year period.