H. Hgharabaghi; M. Garooci
Volume 16, Issue 2 , December 2009, , Pages 113-128
Abstract
Job satisfaction as cognitive, internal and evaluative reactions of persons in relation to their jobs is influenced by the amount of salary, physical conditions of work environment, type of relations governing the work environment and other factors. Nevertheless, the role of personality factors in job ...
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Job satisfaction as cognitive, internal and evaluative reactions of persons in relation to their jobs is influenced by the amount of salary, physical conditions of work environment, type of relations governing the work environment and other factors. Nevertheless, the role of personality factors in job satisfaction is a chief factor in which little research has been done in our country. Therefore, this study is aimed at investigating the relationship between the five-factor model of personality and job satisfaction. To this end, 370 employees of Tabriz Tractor manufacturing were randomly selected from a pool of twelve job units as sample for this study, using stratified random selection, and NEO-FFI; and JDI questionnaires were administered for personality and job satisfaction evaluation respectively. The results of the study showed a positive relationship between Conscientiousness, Extraversion, Agreeableness and job satisfaction. There was a significant negative correlation between Neuroticism and job satisfaction, but there was no significant correlation between Openness and job satisfaction. The results of multiple linear regression analysis proved that Conscientiousness (R2adj=0.09), Neuroticism (R2adj=0.02) and Openness (R2adj= 0.01) were respectively the most important predictors of job satisfaction. In this research, 12.3% of variance of job satisfactionwas, therefore, explained by personality factors.