Orientations to Happiness and Big Five Personality Factor Among Business Students

Happiness which is an important component of wellbeing is an important aspect of every individual and business students are not exception. The present study investigated if an individual's happiness is related to his/her personality patterns. One hundred and eighty nine students (males = 139; females = 50) enrolled in post graduate diploma in business courses responded to Orientation to Happiness Scale (Peterson, Park, & Seligman, 2005) and NEO-Five Factor Inventory (McCrae & Costa, 1992). Age of the students ranged from 20 to 35 years (M = 22.70; SD = 1.55). Results showed that certain aspects of orientation to happiness were associated with personality. Specifically, life of meaning was positively correlated with extraversion, agreeableness, and conscientiousness. Life of engagement correlated negatively with neuroticism but positively with extraversion. Life of pleasure was not significantly correlated with any personality dimensions.