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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2019.20.3.306

The Structural Relationship among Employees' Big Five Personality Traits, Self-esteem, Job Satisfaction, and Life Satisfaction: Focusing on Gender Differences  

Yeon, Eun-Mo (College of Basic Studies, Yeungnam University)
Choi, Hyo-Sik (Department of Education, Chuncheon National University of Education)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.20, no.3, 2019 , pp. 306-317 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to examine the structural relationships among the Big Five personality traits, self-esteem, job satisfaction, and life satisfaction of employees and to investigate how these relationships vary depend on gender. Using data from 1183 employees from the 18th and 19th Korean Labor and Income Panel Study (KLIPS) in 2015 and 2016, we investigate the structural relationships among variables including multi-group path analysis by gender. This study found that openness to experience(${\beta}=.07$), conscientiousness(${\beta}=.19$), and extraversion(${\beta}=.09$) were positively associated with employees' self-esteem while neuroticism was negatively associated(${\beta}=-.09$). Second, only neuroticism among the Big Five personality traits was significantly related to job satisfaction(${\beta}=.08$). Third, conscientiousness(${\beta}=.08$) and agreeableness(${\beta}=.09$) were significantly related to life satisfaction. Fourth, self-esteem positively affected career satisfaction(${\beta}=.31$) and life satisfaction(${\beta}=.29$). Fifth, self-esteem mediated the links between all Big Five personality traits, except agreeableness, as well as job and life satisfaction. Sixth, the effect of extraversion on life satisfaction had differences between male and female. These results imply that self-esteem enhancement program based on the Big Five personality traits should be implemented in order to improve employee's job and life satisfaction.
Keywords
Big Five Personality; Self-Esteem; Job Satisfaction; Life Satisfaction; Multiple Group Analysis;
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