The role of five factor personality traits between job satisfaction and performance of employees: A research

The purpose of this study is to determine the role of five-factor personality traits in the relationship between the job satisfaction and performance of the employees. In addition, it is another aim of the study to determine whether demographic variables have any effect on individuals' job satisfaction and performance. In the research, a theoretical part was created by making a literature review. Regarding the research, a total of seventeen hypotheses were created under three main hypotheses. In the first main hypothesis, the relationship between the demographic variables of the employees and job satisfaction; In the second main hypothesis, the relationship between the demographic variables of the employees and the performance of the employees; In the third hypothesis, the five-factor personality traits of the employees were created for the relationship between job satisfaction and performance. The research was carried out with the employees of Çiğli Municipality of Izmir province. In the research, it was applied to a total of 108 employees, of which 48 were female and 60 were male, using the questionnaire method. As a result of the analyzes, four hypotheses (H1.7: Employee job satisfaction levels differ according to their duties at the institution. H2.5: Employees' performance levels differ according to income. H3.2: There is a significant relationship between job satisfaction and Five Factor Personality. H3.3: There is a significant relationship between the Five Factors Personality and Performance.) were accepted. The remaining thirteen hypotheses were rejected. As a result, it is seen that there is a significant relationship between the income status of the employees, which is one of the demographic variables, and the performance, and the working environment, which is the sub-dimension of the task in the institution, and job satisfaction. In addition, it was concluded that the five-factor personality traits of employees have a significant relationship between job satisfaction and performance. Keywords: Five-factor personality traits, Job satisfaction, Performance,