The Effect of The Big Five Personality on Job Performance

Abstract

Various studies have explored the concept of personality schemes and the effect they have on staff motivation, satisfaction and performance. Attention has also been given to how these programs contribute to the overall realization of organizational goals. This research was conducted to determine the effect of the big five personality on job performance in Surabaya. Understanding the relations among personality dimensions and job performance is a fundamental concern of industrial-organizational psychologists. In this study, Big five personality consisting of extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, neuroticism, openness to experience role as independent variables. A sample size of 100 respondents in a questionnaire method had been conducted. Researchers used the Statistical Package for the Social Science (SPSS) version 23.0 to run the reliability analysis, significance analysis, and correlation coefficient analysis to analyze and interpret the data. The findings of this research are (1) extraversion has a significant positive effect on job performance; (2) agreeableness has a significant positive effect on job performance; (3) Conscientiousness has a significant positive effect on job performance; (4) Neuroticism has a significant positive effect on job performance; (5) Openness to experience has a significant positive  effect on job performance; and (6) extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, neuroticism, openness to experience have a significant positive effect on job performance. In addition, extraversion is the independent variable that has a dominant influence on job performance in research.