Abstract:
This study aims to examine the relationships among Personality traits, Job Satisfaction and Job
performance. A sample study was conducted with 150 government school teachers using a closed ended
questionnaire based on Personality Traits developed by Norman and McCrae & Costa, Job Performance
developed by Borman & Motowidlo’s, Task Performance developed by McAllister’s, Contextual
Performance developed by Organ and Farh’s et al., and Job Satisfaction developed by Porter & Lawler,
and Organ. Face to face interview method was performed and data was analyzed using SPSS 20.0. Job
satisfaction and job performance show a reciprocal significant relationship. All the personality traits
significantly influence on job performance whereas the Agreeableness indicates the greatest effect. In
terms of job satisfaction, Agreeableness is most influential factor, followed by Extraversion. The other
three personality factors do not have effect on job satisfaction. The contribution of this study is to provide
empirical support for the reciprocal effect of job performance and job satisfaction. These findings confirm
the previous studies’ causal relationship between these two variables.
