Relating OCEAN (Big Five) to Job Satisfaction in Aviation

Abstract

this paper examines the relationships between job satisfaction and selected personality traits. The main task of this study is to emphasize the role of personality traits in the employee's job satisfaction and to study the impact of personality traits such as neuroticism, extraversion and psychoticism on job satisfaction. The variables include big five personality traits and job satisfaction. The main focus of this work reveals that there is no substantial link within the following big five factors and the job satisfaction. The above-mentioned factors would importantly impact on job satisfaction. The examination of linkage between factors like neuroticism, extraversion, psychoticism and job satisfaction was carried out using the correlation analyzing. This study was conducted to collect the main data using the purposive sampling method. The distinctive feature of this study is the collection, processing and analysis of consolidated information from personal questionnaires depending on the type of professional activity of the sixty employees in aviation industry. Two questionnaires i.e. Eysenck Personality Questionnaire-revised (EPQ-R) and Job Satisfaction Survey were used to make an assessment of the impact of personality traits on the overall level of job satisfaction. The future impact of this study can support to increase the productivity level of the employees and also, spread awareness about the positive impact of extraverted personality traits on the job satisfaction.