Personality, Organizational Climate and Work-Related Satisfaction [Personalitate, climat organizational si satisfactie fata de munca]

Lavinia Maria Pruteanu () and Georgiana Corcaci ()
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Lavinia Maria Pruteanu: Universitatea “Petre Andrei” din Iasi
Georgiana Corcaci: Universitatea “Petre Andrei” din Iasi

Anuarul Universitatii „Petre Andrei” din Iasi / Year-Book „Petre Andrei” University from Iasi, Fascicula: Asistenta Sociala, Sociologie, Psihologie / Fascicle: Social Work, Sociology, Psychology, 2016, issue 17, 49-60

Abstract: Explaining the variables that contribute to employees’ work-related satisfaction remains a key question for human resources management practitioners. Personality traits and characteristics of organizational climate have been found to affect employee’s work-related attitudes (e.g., satisfaction). The current study was based on a correlational design. Forty employees of a company specialized in sales of pharmaceutical products completed three standardized self-report measures of organizational climate, personality traits, and job satisfaction. No significant difference was found in overall work-related satisfaction between men and women. Correlational data revealed a significant negative relationship between job satisfaction and neuroticism. Job satisfaction also correlated positively with the agreeableness and length of time in current position. Moreover, a strong positive correlation (r = 0.74; p

Keywords: personality traits; organizational climate; work-related satisfaction; hierarchical regression analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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