Investigating the Effect of Personality Traits on Professional Ethics with the Mediating Role of Job Motivation of Ardabil Swimming Pool Instructors

Professional ethics and personality traits are of considerable importance to the coaches who train, and to their job motivation. Therefore, the aim of this study is to investigate the effect of personality traits on professional ethics with the mediating role of job motivation.

The research method is descriptive-correlation of structural equation type based on structural equation modeling. The statistical population of this study included all instructors of swimming pools in Ardabil province. Based on Morgan table and using stratified random sampling method in proportion to the sample size, 175 people were selected as the statistical sample. To collect data from the standardized Neo Personality Traits Questionnaire Professional ethics (Kadozir) and job motivation (Laudel and Witcher) were used. Data were analyzed using SPSS 24 and LISREL 8.8 statistical software.

The results showed that the direct effect of personality traits and professional ethics with beta (3.96) and (t=0.37), the direct effect of job motivation and professional ethics with beta (5.28) and (60.60) T=0 and the direct effect of personality traits on job motivation with beta (5.80) and (t=0.57) is significant. Also, the indirect effect coefficient of personality traits on professional ethics through job motivation (0.34) shows that the role of job motivation in the relationship between personality traits and professional ethics is significant. Ethical Considerations: The objectives of the research were explained to the participants and they answered the questionnaires while maintaining the originality of the texts, honesty and trustworthiness.

The results show a high impact of personality traits on professional ethics and the role of job motivation in the impact of personality traits on professional ethics is confirmed. Therefore, these results can help coaches to provide a platform to improve their performance by observing professional ethics in the job and also consider the personality dimensions.