A study on relationship between personality type and job satisfaction of private sector employees of Raipur city in Chhattisgarh

Abstract

The aim of the present research is to explore the relationship of personality type and job satisfaction among private sector employees of Raipur city. It also aims to study the impact of demographic variables such as age and gender on job satisfaction of private sector employees of Raipur City and also to identify the personality types of private sector employees of Raipur City. The study includes 60 private sector employees, and it also investigates the impact of the Big Five Personality Traits (extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, neuroticism and openness to experience) on job satisfaction by employing Job Satisfaction Scale. The study concludes that conscientiousness, agreeableness and openness have significantly positively correlated with job satisfaction whereas neuroticism showed a significant negative relationship with job satisfaction. Extraversion is not a significant predictor of job satisfaction according to the findings of the study.