The Role of personality factors in work holism formation

Abstract

The Role of personality factors in work holism formation Case of: Academic staff of University of Tehran Parviz Ahmadi Assistant professor, Tarbiat Modares University Reza Tahmasebi Ph.D Student of Tehran University Jabbar Babashahi Ph.D Student of Tarbiat Moddaress University Mahdi Fattahi Ph.D Student of Tehran University Abstract: Nowadays, work has been indispensable component of human life. Every day people spend a lot of their time in organizations. Unlimited organizational pressures and desires force people to work continually and consequently increase possibility of work holisms formation in people. Work holism phenomenon in particular is experienced in jobs that require high mental energy from employees. The objective of this research is to investigate the role of personality traits in work holisms formation among faculty members at Tehran University. Research methodology includes both descriptive and correlation analysis based on Structural Equation Modeling. Data was collected by means of designed questionnaire that was distributed among faculty members at University of Tehran. Research result indicated that personality dimension such as conscientiousness; extraversion and openness to agreeableness have a positive relationship with work holism, whereas personality dimension such as neuroticism and agreeableness did not appear to have meaningful relationship with work holism. Keywords: Work holism, Five-big personality model, Extraversion, Agreeableness, Neuroticism, Openness to experience, Conscientiousness.