The Personality Traits in the Defense Industry: The Mediating Role of Organizational Citizenship Behavior

Employees display various behaviors which also include work-related behaviors such as Job Satisfaction, Organizational Citizenship Behavior, and Innovative Work Behavior. The exploration of the relationship among the Big Five Personality Traits, Job Satisfaction, Organizational Citizenship Behavior,...

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Main Author: Edip Sabahattin Mete
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2020-12-01
Series:SAGE Open
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2158244020982289
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Summary:Employees display various behaviors which also include work-related behaviors such as Job Satisfaction, Organizational Citizenship Behavior, and Innovative Work Behavior. The exploration of the relationship among the Big Five Personality Traits, Job Satisfaction, Organizational Citizenship Behavior, and Innovative Work Behavior of the employees working in the companies providing services for the Turkish Defense Industry serves as the primary aim of this study. Hence, the study was conducted on the employees of defense companies through face-to-face interviews and questionnaire forms. The results of this study demonstrate that the Big Five Personality Traits directly affects the changes in Job Satisfaction and Organizational Citizenship Behavior. Besides, Organizational Citizenship Behavior has a mediating role in the relationship between Big Five personality Traits and Job Satisfaction, which directly affects the changes in Innovative Work Behavior. This study primarily targeted to provide evidence and create an understanding of how employees’ intrinsic characteristics shape the attitudes and behaviors in the workplace according to the scores of Big Five Inventory as well as statistical research techniques. This study contributes to the literature by investigating the defense employees’ personality traits and the results show that personality traits are a pivotal factor in achieving corporate’s strategic goals.
ISSN:2158-2440