EMPLOYEES’ OWN PERSONALITY MAY INDUCE THEIR VICTIMIZATION AT WORK: EVIDENCE FROM UNIVERSITIES IN LAHORE

Farooq Ahmad, Amna Gul, Syed Ali Raza Hamid, Zunaira Mahmood and Shahida Mariam
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Farooq Ahmad: Faculty of Management Sciences, University of Okara, Okara, Pakistan
Amna Gul: MS Scholar, Virtual University of Pakistan, Lahore, Pakistan
Syed Ali Raza Hamid: Hamdard Institute of Management Sciences, Hamdard University, Islamabad, Pakistan
Zunaira Mahmood: PhD Scholar, Faculty of Management Sciences, International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan
Shahida Mariam: PhD Scholar, Faculty of Management Sciences, International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan

Bulletin of Business and Economics (BBE), 2021, vol. 10, issue 4, 13-21

Abstract: In this study, we relied on victim precipitation theory and examined the role of the employee’s personality, from the target perspectives, in their victimization at the workplace in the context of higher education institutions in Pakistan. Personality was hypothesized as a five-factor construct; extraversion, agreeableness, consciousness, neuroticism, and openness. The quantitative data was gathered through a questionnaire survey from the teaching faculty of different public and private sector universities located in Lahore. Results revealed that extraversion, agreeableness, and conscientiousness have a significant negative correlation with workplace victimization. In contrast, neuroticism showed a significant positive association with workplace victimization. Openness to experience was unrelated to victimization in the given context. The theoretical and practical value of these findings has been discussed in this study.

Keywords: Big Five Personality Traits; Workplace Victimization; Universities; Lahore (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J81 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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