Associations between personality traits and areas of job satisfaction: pay, work itself, security, and hours worked
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Author(s)
Kang, Weixi
Malvaso, Antonio
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Although studies have widely explored the connections between personality traits and job satisfaction, less is known about how personality relates to aspects of job satisfaction. The objective of this study was to explore the relationships between personality traits and various areas of job satisfaction, including pay, work, security, and hours worked. This study used ordinal regressions to analyze data from 6962 working individuals from the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS). The results showed that Neuroticism consistently has a negative association with all aspects of job satisfaction, whereas Agreeableness and Conscientiousness have positive associations with job satisfaction. Extraversion had a weak negative association with satisfaction with total pay. These findings imply that personality may play a crucial role in shaping areas of job satisfaction.
Date Issued
2023-06
Date Acceptance
2023-05-24
Citation
Behavioral Sciences, 2023, 13 (6), pp.1-9
ISSN
2076-328X
Publisher
MDPI AG
Start Page
1
End Page
9
Journal / Book Title
Behavioral Sciences
Volume
13
Issue
6
Copyright Statement
© 2023 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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https://www.mdpi.com/2076-328X/13/6/445
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
445
Date Publish Online
2023-05-26