The interactive effects of personality and burnout on knowledge sharing among teachers

2016 ◽  
Vol 44 (8) ◽  
pp. 1267-1280 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jinfeng Zhang ◽  
Mingjie Zhou ◽  
Jianxin Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Regression Model ◽  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Big Five ◽  
Big Five Personality Traits ◽  
Interactive Effects ◽  
Big Five Personality ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Organizational Resource ◽  
Cross Sectional Design ◽  
The Relationship

Knowledge sharing is an important organizational resource and should be encouraged in the field of teaching. We used a cross-sectional design, and 796 teachers in primary or secondary schools completed measures of the Big Five personality traits, burnout, and knowledge sharing. The results showed that (a) in the regression model, the traits of extraversion and agreeableness were positively associated with knowledge sharing, but conscientiousness, openness, and neuroticism were not significant in predicting knowledge sharing; (b) burnout was negatively associated with knowledge sharing after controlling for personality; and (c) burnout moderated the relationship between personality and knowledge sharing; that is, compared with those with a high score for burnout symptoms, the relationship between personality and knowledge sharing was stronger for those with a low score for burnout symptoms. The results suggest that interventions aimed at reducing teachers' burnout might be helpful for improving their knowledge sharing.

scholarly journals Does Evil Prevail? The “Bright” and “Dark” Sides of Personality as Predictors of Adaptive Performance

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 474 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pedro J. Ramos-Villagrasa ◽  
Elena Fernández-del-Río ◽  
Juan Ramón Barrada
Keyword(s):  
Big Five ◽  
Big Five Personality Traits ◽  
Dark Triad ◽  
Incremental Validity ◽  
Big Five Personality ◽  
Adaptive Performance ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Convenience Sample ◽  
Job Experience ◽  
Cross Sectional Design

The turbulent context in which organizations operate today makes them search for adaptable workers. Previous studies have shown the predictive value of the “Big Five” personality traits on adaptive performance, but some authors suggest extending personality domain with the “dark” traits of personality, that is, Machiavellianism, narcissism, psychopathy (i.e., the “Dark Triad”), and sadism (which, along with the aforementioned traits, composes the “Dark Tetrad”). The present research investigates the incremental validity of the dark traits in the prediction of adaptive performance over the Big Five. The study follows a cross-sectional design with a convenience sample of 613 participants (46% women; mean age 38.78 years, SD = 14.05; mean job experience = 16.93 years, SD = 13.39) from different organizations who fill in a questionnaire with the variables. Our results showed that the Dark Triad improved the predictive model with respect to the Big Five (R2 = 0.202, ΔR2 = 0.030, p < 0.001). The statistically significant predictors were neuroticism (β = −0.127, p = 0.010), openness to experience (β = 0.155, p < 0.001), conscientiousness (β = 0.164, p = 0.001), narcissism (β = 0.134 p < 0.002), and psychopathy (β = −0.137, p = 0.005). The incorporation of sadism did not improve the Dark Triad model (R2 = 0.202, ΔR2= −0.001, p = 0.541).

Emotional Intelligence and Work Engagement as Mediators of Big Five Personality and Knowledge Sharing

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amirul Hasan Ansari ◽  
Amogh Talan
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Intelligence ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Big Five ◽  
Work Engagement ◽  
Big Five Personality Traits ◽  
Total Effect ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Big Five Personality ◽  
The Relationship

<p>The purpose of this paper is to examine the interrelationships among various interpersonal psychological factors to explain their effect on knowledge sharing behaviors at workplace. A sample of 450 employees was drawn from knowledge based industries. To tap the information regarding performance on knowledge sharing, Big Five personality, Emotional intelligence and work engagement, Knowledge Sharing Behavior (KSB) scale by Yi (2009)<sup>56</sup>, Big Five personality traits scale by Gosling et. al. (2003)<sup>21</sup>, Workgroup Emotional Intelligence Profile (WEIP-S) by Jordan &amp; Lawrence (2009)<sup>26</sup> and Utrecht Work Engagement Scale by Schaufeli et. al. (2003)<sup>46</sup> have been used. Partial Least Square technique of Structural Equation Modeling was applied using SmartPLS 2.0.M3 to understand the proposed relationships. Findings show the prominence of conscientiousness among Big Five personality traits to explain knowledge sharing behaviors at workplace (Total Effect of conscientiousness on knowledge sharing being 0.5246 significant at p&lt;0.01). Emotional intelligence proves to be the most important mediator of the relationship between Big Five traits, except agreeableness, and knowledge sharing. Even though work engagement is found to be a significant predictor of knowledge sharing (Total Effect of work engagement on knowledge sharing being 0.1698, significant at p&lt;0.01), its role as a mediator is minor. Although the paper has certain limitations, nevertheless, this is the first study to consider the relationship between personality, emotional intelligence, work engagement and knowledge sharing in a single study and making us understand the interacting and mediating role of emotional intelligence and work engagement to explain knowledge sharing.</p>

Personality and Ideology

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Danny Osborne ◽  
Nicole Satherley ◽  
Chris G. Sibley
Keyword(s):  
Personality Traits ◽  
Big Five ◽  
Personality Trait ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Big Five Personality Traits ◽  
Openness To Experience ◽  
Big Five Personality ◽  
Vast Literature ◽  
Political Conservatism ◽  
The Relationship

Research since the 1990s reveals that openness to experience—a personality trait that captures interest in novelty, creativity, unconventionalism, and open-mindedness—correlates negatively with political conservatism. This chapter summarizes this vast literature by meta-analyzing 232 unique samples (N = 575,691) that examine the relationship between the Big Five personality traits and conservatism. The results reveal that the negative relationship between openness to experience and conservatism (r = −.145) is nearly twice as big as the next strongest correlation between personality and ideology (namely, conscientiousness and conservatism; r = .076). The associations between personality traits and conservatism were, however, substantively larger in Western, educated, industrialized, rich, and democratic (WEIRD) countries than in non-WEIRD countries. The chapter concludes by reviewing recent longitudinal work demonstrating that openness to experience and conservatism are non-causally related. Collectively, the chapter shows that openness to experience is by far the strongest (negative) correlate of conservatism but that there is little evidence that this association is causal.

scholarly journals Parenting Style as a Cognitive Factor in Developing Big-Five Personality Traits among Youth: A Study of Public University in Multan, Pakistan

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 103-112
Author(s):  
Asfa Ashraf ◽  
Kamran Ishfaq ◽  
Muhammad Umair Ashraf ◽  
Zahid Zulfiqar
Keyword(s):  
Personality Traits ◽  
Parenting Styles ◽  
Big Five ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Big Five Personality Traits ◽  
Systematic Sampling ◽  
Big Five Personality ◽  
Proportional Relationship ◽  
The Relationship

The present study aimed to investigate the relationship between parenting styles (authoritarian, authoritative and permissive) and Big-five personality traits (extraversion, agreeableness, neuroticism, conscientiousness and openness) among the students of Bahauddin Zakariya University Multan, Pakistan. For this purpose, a total number of 281 students from different faculties (Natural and social sciences) were selected through systematic sampling technique and the respondents responded to parenting authority questionnaire (PAQ) by Buri (1991) and Big-five inventory (BFI) john and Srivastava (1999). Data were analyzed by using SPSS-21 version, and Pearson correlation (r=0.01) was applied to find out the relationship, direction and consistency between predictor and criterion variable. Results indicated a directly proportional relationship between parenting styles (authoritarian, authoritative & permissive) and big five personality traits.

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