The role of the Five Factor Model of personality in the perceptions of negative and positive forms of work–nonwork spillover: A meta-analytic review

Abstract

The present meta-analysis examines the relationships between the Five Factor Model (FFM) of personality and negative and positive forms of work–nonwork spillover (e.g., work-family conflict and facilitation). Results, based on aggregated correlations drawn from 66 studies and 72 independent samples (Total N = 28,127), reveal that the FFM is predictive of work–nonwork spillover. More specifically, meta-analytic structural equation modeling indicated that extraversion ( β = −.08), agreeableness ( β = −.06), conscientiousness ( β = −.13), and neuroticism ( β = .29) are related to negative work–nonwork spillover, while extraversion ( β = .27), agreeableness ( β = .11), conscientiousness ( β = .12), and openness to experience ( β = .20) are related to positive work–nonwork spillover. FFM personality variables were equally predictive of both directions of spillover (i.e., work-to-nonwork and nonwork-to-work). Collectively these results suggest a moderate amount of variance in negative ( R 2 = .15) and positive ( R 2 = .18) work–nonwork spillover is accounted for by personality.