Open AccessDO BIG-5 PERSONALITY TRAITS CONTRIBUTE TO EMPLOYEES PERFORMANCE? AN EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE FROM HEIs IN PAKISTAN
Author(s) -
Robina Akhtar,
Mohamad Nizam Nazarudin,
Ghulam Muhammad Kundi
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
gomal university journal of research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2708-1737
pISSN - 1019-8180
DOI - 10.51380/gujr-37-03-01
Subject(s) - conscientiousness , agreeableness , big five personality traits , psychology , openness to experience , likert scale , extraversion and introversion , social psychology , variance (accounting) , promotion (chess) , personality , scale (ratio) , applied psychology , developmental psychology , business , physics , accounting , quantum mechanics , politics , political science , law
Several factors influence the employee's personality including psycho-social factors. Previously studies have conducted to investigate the influence of Big-5 traits which impact employee’s performance. This study investigated the influence of Big-5 on the employee’s performance. The study used a cross-sectional survey a 5-point Likert scale was distributed among 163 samples selected randomly. The findings report a significant relationship between the predictors and a criterion variable. The study points those two predictors i.e., openness to experience and emotional control predict 57% variance in criterion variable as compared to the extravert, agreeableness, and conscientiousness. This study concludes that teacher’s centric policies & mechanisms enhance employee trust and confidence and it overcomes the apprehensions, as result, they perform better and contribute more towards the promotion of education and research in higher educational institutions.