Abstract

The study aimed to understand the predictive impact of the five factors of teachers' personalities (neuroticism, extroversion, openness to experience, agreeableness, and responsibility) on conflict management in the classroom. The variables of gender, service time and academic training of teachers were also studied when they were related to personality dimensions. The NEO-Five Factors Inventory, the Rahim-II Organizational Conflict Inventory -Portuguese Version in the School Context, and a personal and professional data sheet were used as instruments, in a sample of 659 basic education teachers in Portuguese schools. Using a structural equation model, the results showed an association between all the variables under study. Neuroticism and responsibility are the best predictors of conflict management. The female gender is the one that presents the best results in all dimensions of personality. Teachers with more academic training showed less neuroticism, but were more extroverted, open to experience, agreeable, and responsible, and those with more seniority showed less neuroticism, extraversion, openness to experience, and agreeable. These results will constitute a mobilizing engine of more substantive pedagogical practices for the advancement of education. El estudio tuvo como objetivo comprender el impacto predictivo de los cinco factores de la personalidad de los docentes (neuroticismo, extroversión, apertura a la experiencia, amabilidad y responsabilidad), en el manejo de conflictos en el aula. También se estudiaron las variables género, tiempo de servicio y formación académica de los docentes cuando se relacionaron con dimensiones de personalidad. Se utilizaron como instrumentos el NEO-Inventario de Cinco Factores, el Inventario de Conflicto Organizacional de Rahim-II - Versión Portuguesa en el Contexto Escolar y una ficha de datos personales y profesionales, en una muestra de 659 profesores de educación básica en escuelas portuguesas. Utilizando un modelo de ecuaciones estructurales, los resultados mostraron una asociación entre todas las variables en estudio. El neuroticismo y la responsabilidad son los mejores predictores de la gestión de conflictos. El género femenino es el que presenta mejores resultados en todas las dimensiones de la personalidad. Los docentes con mayor formación académica mostraron menos neuroticismo, pero eran más extrovertidos, abiertos a la experiencia, agradables y responsables, y los de mayor antigüedad mostraron menos neuroticismo, extraversión, apertura a la experiencia y amabilidad. Estos resultados constituirán un motor movilizador de prácticas pedagógicas más sustantivas para el avance de la educación.

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