Simple and Multiple Relationships between the Big Five Factor Personality and Job Attitudes in a Productive Company's Staff

This study explored the simple and multiple relationships between the Big Five personality traits and the job attitudes in a productive company’s staff. To do so، 280 indivituals from the staff were selected by stratified random sampling method. To assess the study’s variables، NEO-Five Factor Inventory، Job Descriptive Index، Organizational Commitment Questionnair، and Job Involvement Questionnair were used. In order to analyze obtained data، Pearson correlation and multiple regression method were employed. Results indicated that the Five Big personality traits were strong predictors of job attitudes. As a matter of fact، the Big Five personality traits explained 12% of the total job satisfaction، 9% of the variance in organizational affective commitment، 7% of the variance of organizational continuance commitment، 12% of the variance of organizational normative commitment، and 14% of the variance of job involvement. Theoretical and practical implications of the results are discussed.