The Relationship Between Personality Traits and Job Satisfaction Among Secondary School Teachers in Putrajaya

Abstract

This research aims to investigate Putrajaya secondary school teacher’s personality traits, to see the relations of personality traits to their feelings of satisfaction on their jobs, job satisfaction. The research on personality traits will be based on “The Big Five Model” (McCrae & Costa, 1997) which illustrated the overall mean consists five sub variables: Agreeableness, Openness, Conscientiousness, Extroversion and Neuroticism. The findings in identifying the relationship between personality traits and job satisfaction is hoped to be beneficial to Ministry of Education (MOE) in planning for better strategies in implementing the Education Department Blueprint 2013-2025. The study highlighted the need of MOE, especially the school administrators to give the correct job scope to teachers according to their personality traits other than from their skills and knowledge. The findings of the study would be beneficial to the school administrators, teachers and Ministry of Education in planning to improve their wok performance