Disentangling the Empirical Evidence between Personality, Work Experience, and Improvisation among Middle Management Government Officers

Abstract

This study examined the empirical association between personality traits, workexperience, and improvisation. Big five personality traits (Extraversion, Agreeableness,Conscientiousness, Neuroticism, and Openness) and individual work experience werethe independent variables; whereas individual improvisation was the dependentvariable. Data were collected from middle management level of government officersfrom various ministries in Putrajaya, Malaysia. Results revealed that Extraversionand Openness had a significant and positive contribution towards improvisation whileother traits (Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, and Neuroticism) did not demonstratea significant association with improvisation. The findings of this study could contributeto the collective knowledge of management and be useful to both theorists and managers.