To what extent does personality predicts employee performance?
To what extent does personality predicts employee performance?
In the workplace there can be a number of factors that can affect and employee’s work ethic or their performance in their job related task. In recent times though there has been development and some research done on possibly personality having an effect or could possibly predict an employee’s performance in the work place and therefore influence the selection process in recruiting new employees for a job. In this essay we will be analysing and discussing a new model which has been devised in which may explain the different personality traits that differentiate each employee or worker from each other. This model is called the big five or the five factor model, Several recent meta-analyses have revealed consistent relationships between FFM traits and work performance: Barrick & Mount, 1991);Hough, 1992; Mount & Barrick, 1995; Salgado, 1997; Tett et al., 1991 (Personality and Job Performance: Barrick, M, Stewart G 2002). The model contains five divisions, with a few subdivisions which touch on all the different types of human personalities. Within this essay we will examine all the different divisions and analyse whether they can be used to predict the performance of an employee at work or not and then conclude on whether on a whole personality can actually be predicted to give an overview on a employees performance. Conscientiousness is the first of the five personalities found on the FFM (Five Factor Model). It is a personality trait which makes employees feel the need for achievement and always feel that they need to achieve more or better themselves. Another trait is that is that they have self-discipline, this means that these type of employees are more likely to be strict to their word or if the plan or have a schedule of how to do a certain task, they will follow that plan to the end. Conscientiousness relates to a desire to exercise self-control and thereby follow the dictates of
In the workplace there can be a number of factors that can affect and employee’s work ethic or their performance in their job related task. In recent times though there has been development and some research done on possibly personality having an effect or could possibly predict an employee’s performance in the work place and therefore influence the selection process in recruiting new employees for a job. In this essay we will be analysing and discussing a new model which has been devised in which may explain the different personality traits that differentiate each employee or worker from each other. This model is called the big five or the five factor model, Several recent meta-analyses have revealed consistent relationships between FFM traits and work performance: Barrick & Mount, 1991);Hough, 1992; Mount & Barrick, 1995; Salgado, 1997; Tett et al., 1991 (Personality and Job Performance: Barrick, M, Stewart G 2002). The model contains five divisions, with a few subdivisions which touch on all the different types of human personalities. Within this essay we will examine all the different divisions and analyse whether they can be used to predict the performance of an employee at work or not and then conclude on whether on a whole personality can actually be predicted to give an overview on a employees performance. Conscientiousness is the first of the five personalities found on the FFM (Five Factor Model). It is a personality trait which makes employees feel the need for achievement and always feel that they need to achieve more or better themselves. Another trait is that is that they have self-discipline, this means that these type of employees are more likely to be strict to their word or if the plan or have a schedule of how to do a certain task, they will follow that plan to the end. Conscientiousness relates to a desire to exercise self-control and thereby follow the dictates of