Open AccessThe Big-Two Model of Personality and Work-Family Conflict
Author(s) -
İzlem Gözükara,
Ömer Faruk Şimşek
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
international journal of human resource studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2162-3058
DOI - 10.5296/ijhrs.v6i1.9060
Subject(s) - psychology , personality , big five personality traits , trait , perspective (graphical) , big five personality traits and culture , hierarchy , social psychology , alternative five model of personality , structural equation modeling , 16pf questionnaire , affect (linguistics) , statistics , mathematics , artificial intelligence , computer science , economics , market economy , programming language , communication
Personality traits can be categorized using a hierarchical structure in accordance with their correlations. Such hierarchy is derived by collecting more specific personality traits with similar underlying sources under a more general trait. Personality traits affect how people behave and perceive situations in multiple life domains. Prior research demonstrated the predictive value of the personality variables in multiple role occupation; however, most researchers have used the Big-Five personality traits. Therefore, the present study aims to discuss work-family conflict from the perspective of the Big-Two model of personality. The study sample included 250 participants. The study data was collected using questionnaires and analyzed by testing a structural equation model. The results showed that individuals who score high in stability experience greater work-family conflict, whereas individuals scoring high in plasticity experience less work-family conflict.