Personality Traits and their Effects on Employee’s Job Performance: Evidence from largest Agricultural Research Institutes in Oyo State, Nigeria

Abstract

This study determined the effects of personality traits on employee’s job performance in  selected agricultural research Institutes in Oyo State, Nigeria. Two hundred eighty three (283)  employees were randomly drawn from three largest agricultural research institutes. The mean  age of the researchers was found at 35.4 years mostly being male (51.5%). Results indicated  that the overall job performance was significantly influenced by openness (b1 = −0.36, p<0.05),  agreeableness (b1 = −0.489, p<0.05), extroversion (b1 = 0.118, p<0.05) and functionality  stability (b1 = −0.95, p<0.05). The findings clearly showed that with openness and functional  stability of the researchers, their moral increased in their job and thus less willing to leave  their organization. Internal packages that can increase researcher’s zeal towards their job are  highly recommended.