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The impact of personality on employee well-being

Research on employee well-being has predominantly focused on health and individuals’ work lives.Complementing past research on employee well-being, the impact of personality on overall well-being was examined.The objectives of the study were to determine the relationship between personality domains...

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Main Author: Ahmad Marzuki, Najib
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Language:English
Published: European Scientific Institute 2013
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BF Psychology
H Social Sciences (General)
Online Access:http://repo.uum.edu.my/12642/1/1560-4682-1-PB.pdf
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spelling my.uum.repo.126422014-11-12T06:42:24Z http://repo.uum.edu.my/12642/ The impact of personality on employee well-being Ahmad Marzuki, Najib BF Psychology H Social Sciences (General) Research on employee well-being has predominantly focused on health and individuals’ work lives.Complementing past research on employee well-being, the impact of personality on overall well-being was examined.The objectives of the study were to determine the relationship between personality domains (neuroticism, extraversion, openness to experience, agreeableness and conscientiousness) and well-being.It was also aimed at determining significant personality domains that contribute towards well-being of lecturers. A total of 117 lecturers from a public university in Malaysia were chosen as participants.The NEO-FFI Personality Inventory by Costa and McCrae (1992) was utilized to measure five personality domains while The 5F Wellness by Myers and Sweeney (2005) was employed to measure well-being.Results indicated that all personality domains correlated significantly with well-being.Openness to experience and conscientiousness were found to contribute significantly to well-being of lecturers followed by extraversion.The impact of these findings signifies that personality plays an important role in determining individual well -being. European Scientific Institute 2013-07 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en cc_by http://repo.uum.edu.my/12642/1/1560-4682-1-PB.pdf Ahmad Marzuki, Najib (2013) The impact of personality on employee well-being. European Scientific Journal, 9 (20). pp. 43-52. ISSN 1857 – 7881 http://eujournal.org/index.php/esj/index
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H Social Sciences (General)
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H Social Sciences (General)
Ahmad Marzuki, Najib
The impact of personality on employee well-being
description Research on employee well-being has predominantly focused on health and individuals’ work lives.Complementing past research on employee well-being, the impact of personality on overall well-being was examined.The objectives of the study were to determine the relationship between personality domains (neuroticism, extraversion, openness to experience, agreeableness and conscientiousness) and well-being.It was also aimed at determining significant personality domains that contribute towards well-being of lecturers. A total of 117 lecturers from a public university in Malaysia were chosen as participants.The NEO-FFI Personality Inventory by Costa and McCrae (1992) was utilized to measure five personality domains while The 5F Wellness by Myers and Sweeney (2005) was employed to measure well-being.Results indicated that all personality domains correlated significantly with well-being.Openness to experience and conscientiousness were found to contribute significantly to well-being of lecturers followed by extraversion.The impact of these findings signifies that personality plays an important role in determining individual well -being.
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author Ahmad Marzuki, Najib
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