The Role of Personality Factors on Job Satisfaction among Academic Staff at Public Research University
Abstract: The current study
was intended to examine the association between personality factors and job
satisfaction among academic staff. The job satisfaction assumed as an essential
factor in educational organizations spatially university that influenced
by various factors.
Moreover, distinguishing these
effective factors is
very important and
lack of consideration to this
inner feeling leads to several abnormal organizational behaviors at
university. Therefore, this study
focused on the association between these t wo factors at university. A
cross-sectional examination design was applied with purposive selected sample
that taken from academic staff (N=440) of public research universities in Klang
Valley, Malaysia. In present study, the participants completed the job descriptive
index inventory and the big five personality test which explained their
personality factors and their relation with job satisfaction. It is concluded that
neuroticism as one of the main
personality factors predicts job satisfaction and there is negative
relationship between neuroticism and
job satisfaction and
also there are
positive relationships between
agreeableness, consciousness and openness with job satisfaction that
analyzed by correlation coefficient and regression analysis test.
Author: Aida Mehrad, Hanina
Halimatussadiah Binti Hamsan, Ma’rof Bin Redzuan, Haslinda Abdullah
Journal Code: jppsikologisosialgg150002
