| dc.description.abstract | The purpose of this study is to investigate the
impact of big five personality dimensions on Contextual
Performance of the employees of Postal Department in Sri
Lanka. Contextual Performance was considered as the
dependent variable and dimensions of the big five
personality model such as Extraversion, Agreeableness,
and Openness to Experience, Neuroticism and
Conscientiousness were considered as the independent
variables. The sample was 91 employees in the Postal
Complex of Kandy, selected according to stratified random
sampling method. A questionnaire was administered
among employees to measure their big five personality
and contextual performance. Hypotheses were tested by
Pearson product movement correlation coefficient (r) and
unstandardized coefficient in multiple regression models.
The results illustrate that there is a strong positive
relationship between Conscientiousness and Contextual
Performance. As well as there are positive relationship
between Extraversion and Contextual Performance,
Agreeableness and Contextual Performance and Openness
to experience and Contextual Performance. However there
is a negative relationship between Neuroticism and
Contextual Performance. | en_US |
