The Effects of Big-Five Personality Traits on Deviant Behavior

Abstract

This article aims to identify the personality profile of the public sector employees and to examine its relationship with deviant behavior. In this study, surgency, agreeableness, adjustment, conscientiousness and openness to experience were used to measure organizational deviance and interpersonal deviance. Studies indicate that age and gender are of significant influence in deviance studies and are the control variables. Through descriptive statistics and hierarchical regression analyses, all personality dimensions are highly evident, and personality have an association with organizational deviance and interpersonal deviance, with few dimensions have significant relationship. In conclusion, the study supports that personality inhibits negative behavior.