Five-factor model of personality and job satisfaction: A meta-analysis.

Abstract

This study reports results of a meta-analysis linking traits from the 5-factor model of personality to overall job satisfaction. Using the model as an organizing framework, 334 correlations from 163 independent samples were classified according to the model. The estimated true score correlations with job satisfaction were -.29 for Neuroticism, .25 for Extraversion, .02 for Openness to Experience, .17 for Agreeableness, and .26 for Conscientiousness. Results further indicated that only the relations of Neuroticism and Extraversion with job satisfaction generalized across studies. As a set, the Big Five traits had a multiple correlation of .41 with job satisfaction, indicating support for the validity of the dispositional source of job satisfaction when traits are organized according to the 5-factor model.

Can personality predict retirement behaviour? A longitudinal analysis combining survey and register data from Norway

“…Neuroticism means a tendency to be worried, touchy, nervous and strenuous. Previous research shows that neuroticism is associated with low job performance (Tett et al 1991), including low earnings (Gelissen and de Graaf 2006;Judge et al 1999;Sutin et al 2009), as well as low job satisfaction (Judge et al 2002). Hence, there is no surprise that it also predicts disability retirement.…”

“…This effect is reduced when controlling for poor health. Some studies show that individuals high in extraversion report high levels of job satisfaction (Judge et al 2002;Sutin et al 2009). Some studies also show that individuals high in extraversion obtain more promotions (Seibert et al 2001), receive comparatively high incomes (Sutin et al 2009) and have shorter unemployment spells compared to individuals low in extraversion (Kanfer et al 2001).…”

“…Neuroticism and an absence of conscientiousness and extraversion are correlated with indecision regarding career choices (Page et al 2008). Individuals high in extraversion and conscientiousness and low in neuroticism report higher satisfaction with their work (Judge et al 2002). In a meta-analysis, Kanfer et al (2001) find that conscientiousness, openness, extraversion and agreeableness can all predict shorter spells of unemployment.…”

“…Personality is also correlated with career choice (Page et al 2008), career satisfaction (Judge et al 2002), and how individuals adjust to career transitions (Lounsbury et al 2003). Neuroticism and an absence of conscientiousness and extraversion are correlated with indecision regarding career choices (Page et al 2008).…”

Adolescent conscientiousness predicts lower lifetime unemployment.

“…Furthermore, they also appear to experience greater drops in well-being following unemployment and gain greater satisfaction from their jobs and higher income, suggesting they may be particularly motivated to achieve productive employment (Boyce, Wood, & Brown, 2010;Boyce & Wood, 2011;Judge, Heller, & Mount, 2002).…”