DO BIG-5 PERSONALITY TRAITS CONTRIBUTE TO EMPLOYEES PERFORMANCE? AN EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE FROM HEIs IN PAKISTAN

Robina Akhtar; Mohamad Nizam Bin Nazarudin; Ghulam Muhammad Kundi

Robina Akhtar PhD Student Faculty of Psychology and Education, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, MALAYSIA
Mohamad Nizam Bin Nazarudin Faculty of Psychology and Education, The Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Malaysia
Ghulam Muhammad Kundi 3College of Public Health, Health Informatics, Al-Bukayriyah, Qassim University, Saudi Arabia https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3082-1611

Keywords: Big-5 Personality, Extraversion, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, Openness to Experience, Neuroticism, Performance, Teachers

Abstract

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 instiutions.