Big Five Personality Traits and Their Impact on Job Performance of Managers in FMCG Sector

Abstract

Personality of a manager is a very crucial factor to get success in his career and leading the high level of job performance in all departments of every organization. Appropriate personality of a manager always helps him to achieve the goal of the organisation. The prime objective of the research is to determine impact of five traits of personality on managers' performance at the workplace particularly in FMCG Sector. A questionnaire is made, comprising three stages where questions in first stage are based on respondent’s personal details, questions in stage second are framed for items of big five personality traits, which helps the managers to perform their jobs within a stipulated time period, part three for Job Performance. 400 managers of FMCG Sector are considered to collect the responses. Out of 400 managers, questionnaire was properly filled by 350 managers. Collection of data was done through interviews, questionnaire and www-link. Analysis of data was done through descriptive statistics i.e. measurement of percentage, mean and standard deviation, Correlation, regression technique and reliability analysis. This research study has made an attempt to study the big five personality traits and their impact on manager’s job performance. The result of the research shows that the manager’s personality traits affect their job performance in the organization.