The relationship of personality and organizational variables with work motivation

This study was conducted to investigate the relationship of personality traits (conscientiousness and neuroticism) and organizational characteristics (job characteristics، organizational justice، person-job fit and organization - based self-esteem) with work motivation. Participants included 225 employees of the Lorestan National Oil Products Distribution Company (NOPDC). The instruments used in this study included the Work Motivation Scale، the NEO-Five Factor Inventory (NEO-FFI)، the Job Diagnostic Survey (JDS)، the Organizational Justice Questionnaire، the Person-Job Fit Scale and Organization-Based Self-Esteem Scale. Results indicated that conscientiousness، job characteristics، organizational justice، person-job fit and organization - based self-esteem were positively related with work motivation and neuroticism was negatively related with work motivation. Moreover، hierarchical regression analysis revealed that predictor variables (conscientiousness، job characteristics، organizational justice، person-job fit and organization - based self-esteem) account for 61 percent of the variance of work motivation. Regarding the relationships between predictor variables (conscientiousness، job characteristics، organizational justice، person-job fit and organization - based self-esteem) and work motivation، organizations should select employees with high score conscientiousness for increasing their work motivation and should focus on increasing organizational variables such as job characteristics، organizational justice، person-job fit and organization - based self-esteem in the workplace.