Abstract
Introduction: Persons that show discontentment with their work have a bigger chance to experience burnout syndrome, depression, anxiety and the lack of self-esteem. Paul Spector defined job satisfaction as 'the thing that people feel about their job and different aspects of the same.' There is much research in a domain of industrial-organizational psychology that has been questioning relationship between job satisfaction and specific personality traits. Most of those researches confirm the fact that some of personality traits are significant predictors in job satisfaction. The Aim of the Study: To examine the level of job satisfaction and conduct research if there is a connection between certain aspects of it and personality traits among teachers in primary and secondary schools. Patients and Methods: The research was designed as a cross-sectional study. The sample included 280 teachers. Personality traits have been tested by Zuckerman-Kuhlman Personality Questionnaire (ZKPQ-50-CC), short version for estimating five dimensions of personality. For evaluation of job satisfaction, Job Satisfaction Survey (JSS) questionnaire, which serves for evaluating nine aspects of job satisfaction, was used. The examination was done according to ethical principles. Statistic treatment included descriptive and correlation analysis. Results: Results show the middle level of job satisfaction. They are not satisfied with their pay but they are pleasant with 'Supervision', 'Coworkers', 'Nature of Work' and 'Communication' while they are ambivalent on aspects of 'Promotion', 'Fringe Benefits', 'Contingent Rewards' and 'Operating Procedures'. In this group of respondents, personality traits, Neuroticism and Sociability are rarely connected with job satisfaction. Neuroticism seems to be in negative and Sociability in positive correlation. Correlation among other personality traits with some aspects of job satisfaction is negligible. Conclusion: Results of this research are showing that there is a poor connection between some personality traits and job satisfaction.
Highlights
Persons that show discontentment with their work have a bigger chance to experience burnout syndrome, depression, anxiety and the lack of selfesteem
In this group of respondents, personality traits, Neuroticism and Sociability are rarely connected with job satisfaction
Results of this research are showing that there is a poor connection between some personality traits and job satisfaction
Summary
Persons that show discontentment with their work have a bigger chance to experience burnout syndrome, depression, anxiety and the lack of selfesteem. This kind of approach is mostly accepted and was founded by Paul Spector He defines job satisfaction as “something that person feels about job and different aspect of it.”[2] There are lots of successful organizations worldwide considering employees as a primary developing resource. Most of those research finding confirm that some of personality traits seem to be a significant predictors of job satisfaction.[3,4] Personality traits represent relatively permanent characteristics that determine a specific person to feel and act appropriate in similar situations Nowadays, they are mostly defined according to five factorial model of personality.[5]
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