Personality Traits and their Effects on Employee’s Job Performance: Evidence from largest Agricultural Research Institutes in Oyo State, Nigeria
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https://doi.org/10.48165/JES.2020.36107Keywords:
Personality Traits, Openness, Agreeableness, Agricultural Employees, Job PerformanceAbstract
This study determined the effects of personality traits on employee’s job performance in selected agricultural research Institutes in Oyo State, Nigeria. Two hundred eighty three (283) employees were randomly drawn from three largest agricultural research institutes. The mean age of the researchers was found at 35.4 years mostly being male (51.5%). Results indicated that the overall job performance was significantly influenced by openness (b1 = −0.36, p<0.05), agreeableness (b1 = −0.489, p<0.05), extroversion (b1 = 0.118, p<0.05) and functionality stability (b1 = −0.95, p<0.05). The findings clearly showed that with openness and functional stability of the researchers, their moral increased in their job and thus less willing to leave their organization. Internal packages that can increase researcher’s zeal towards their job are highly recommended.
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