The role of personality measures as predictors of job performance: Teacher sample<p>İş performansının öngörülmesinde kişilik ölçümünün rolü: Öğretmen örneği
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Teachers, job performance, personality measure, group personality profile, Five Factor Model, Öğretmen, iş performansı, kişilik ölçümü, meslek grubu profili, Beş Faktör Kişilik ModeliAbstract
The present study aims to examine the personality characteristics of teachers by five factor model of personality and to plot their personality profiles. The participants were 349 teachers, 241 women and 108 men, aged between 22-65. The data used to compare teachers with was a total of 3920 people, 1777 women, 2143 men aged between 18 and 79. The comparison of female teachers with the female comparison group showed that female teachers had lower average scores on the Emotional Lability and Self-Distrust dimensions and Emotional Instability factor, and had higher average score on Agreement, Sensitivity, Analytical Thinking, and Openness to Newness dimensions and Openness to Experience factor than the comparison group. Male teachers had lower average scores on Excitement Seeking dimension and higher scores on Analytical Thinking dimension than the comparison group.
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Bu çalışmada öğretmenlerin beş faktör kişilik modeliyle kişilik özelliklerinin incelenmesi ve grup olarak profillerinin çıkarılması amaçlanmıştır. Çalışmaya 22-65 yaşları arasında 241 kadın, 108 erkek olmak üzere toplam 349 öğretmen katılmıştır. Bu çalışmada, öğretmenlerin verisini karşılaştırmak amacıyla 18-79 yaşları arasında 1777 kadın, 2143 erkek olmak üzere 3920 kişilik yetişkin verisi kullanılmıştır. Kadın öğretmenler, kadın karşılaştırma grubuyla karşılaştırıldığında Duygusal Değişkenlik, Kendine Güvensizlik boyutlarında ve Duygusal Tutarsızlık faktöründe daha düşük, Uzlaşma, Duyarlılık, Analitik Düşünme, Yeniliğe Açıklık boyutlarında ve Gelişime Açıklık faktöründe de daha yüksek puan ortalamasına sahiptirler. Erkek öğretmenlerin ise erkek karşılaştırma grubuyla karşılaştırıldığında sadece Heyecan Arama boyutunda daha düşük, Analitik Düşünme boyutunda da daha yüksek puan ortalamasına sahip oldukları görülmüştür.
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