The relationship between personality traits and job satisfaction: a case study of the employee of the organisation department in Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB), Kuchng/ Nur Farra Ezlynn Hafizon

This study was conducted to find out the relationship between Personality Traits and Job Satisfaction at Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) Kuching, Sarawak. Five independent variables of Personality Traits namely Conscientiousness, Agreeableness, Neuroticism, Openess and Extraversion were used for this study. Convenience Sampling Technique was used for this study. The survey instrument was adopted from (Oliver P. John, Srivastava S, 1999) for Personality Traits and from (Spector, 1997) for Job Satisfaction. 120 questionnaires were distributed at Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) Kuching, Sarawak. However only 86 questionnaires were returned. The results showed that the Conscientiousness had a small, positive and significant relationship, next Agreeableness had a medium, positive and significant relationship. Neuroticism had a small, positive and significant relationship, while Openness had no significant relationship with job satisfaction. Lastly is Extraversion where it has small, positive and significant relationship with job satisfaction. Therefore, the findings of the study show that whatever context they might have, they are free to control their own behaviour and a number of interesting alternatives to capture their attention.