THE HEXACO PERSONALITY MEASURE AS A PREDICTOR OF JOB PERFORMANCE AND JOB SATISFACTION

The study aimed to examine the relationship between personality traits according to the Six Factor Personality Inventory (HEXACO), and job performance and job satisfaction. A total of 852 people (433 women and 419 men) from 154 different professions participated in the study. The age range of the participants was between 20 and 74, and they were working at a job for a period between 1-40 years. Participants answered the HEXACO Personality Inventory long form and evaluated their job performance and job satisfaction on a scale between 1 and 5. To predict job performance and job satisfaction, the data was analyzed by multiple linear regression. The sub-dimensions of Modesty, Fairness, Social Self-Esteem, Liveliness, Perfectionism, Diligence and the factors of Extraversion, Conscientiousness predicted job performance, and sub-dimensions of Modesty, Liveliness, Social Boldness, Forgiveness, Patience, Diligence and the factors of Extraversion, Agreeableness, and Conscientiousness predicted job satisfaction. Afterwards, job performance and job satisfaction levels of the participants were grouped as low, moderate, high. Total HEXACO scores of these groups were compared by MANOVA for sub-dimensions and factors. Job performance groups differed in the factors of Honesty-Humility, Extraversion, Conscientiousness, Openness to Experience, and job satisfaction groups differed in the factors of Extraversion, Agreeableness, and Conscientiousness. As for the sub-dimensions, groups that were high in job performance and job satisfaction differed from the groups that were low in many personality traits.