Effects of Affectivity and Personality on Job Satisfaction: A Study in Iran Oil Industry

The current study examines the interrelation between affectivity and personality dimensions, and explain the, role of these constructs in job satisfaction. Data are gathered from 137 employees and managers in the Iranian oil industry. The results suggest a positively Strong relationship among positive affectivity, a negative relationship among negative affectivity with job satisfaction and Five Big personality. Also, independence of positive and negative effect is confirmed. Dimensions of personality are reflected the noticeable results. Athwart some prior researches, in this study, Openness to experience not only showed the strongest relationship between regression and job satisfaction, but it was the only personality dimension that had causal relation with positive and negative affectivity.