The correlation effects between big five personality traits and job satisfaction among support staff in an organization

Job satisfaction among employee is a crucial issue in an organization and employer plays a vital role to fulfill the needs. Keeping morale high among workers can be of tremendous benefit to any organization as happy employees will be more likely to produce work effectively, loyal to the organization and would also help to increase the organization´s performance against its competitors. This paper discussed on the correlation effects between the big five personality traits and employee´s job satisfaction among support staff in PMCare Sdn. Bhd. Selangor. The primary objective of this paper was to examine whether the big five personality traits as a whole and its stand alone dimensions have any influence on employee´s job satisfaction in an organization. The sample was drawn from 90 employees from 7 departments in PMCare Sdn. Bhd. The results generated from this paper showed that there was a small, positive and significant relationship between the big five personality traits as a whole on employee´s job satisfaction in PMCare Sdn. Bhd. Notwithstanding, only two out of the five personality traits dimension on its own portrayed a significant positive relationship on employee´s job satisfaction. They are the openness to experience and extroversion.