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Quantification of the Impact of Big Five Personality Traits on Political Skills


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1 Research Scholar, Department of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India
2 Assistant Professor, Department of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India
     

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This paper investigated the impact of different personality traits on political skills in an individual. Here, Big Five traits of personality were considered. A self rated questionnaire was used to determine the effect on political skills due to Openness, Conscientiousness, Extrovert, Agreeableness, and Emotional Stability, respectively. Three hundred and eighteen (318) participants provided responses for measures of the five factor model and political skills. Multiple regression tool was applied to find the impact of personality traits. The results showed that Conscientiousness had the highest impact on individual's political skills, while Openness had the least impact on political skills. Individuals working in an institute can make good use of this as they will be able to gauge political skills of their colleagues on the basis of their respective personality types.

Keywords

Personality, Political Skill, Conscientiousness, Open to Experience

M1, M14, M54

Paper Submission Date : April 28, 2016 ; Paper sent back for Revision : August 10, 2016 ; Paper Acceptance Date : January 23, 2017.

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Akanksha Dubey
Research Scholar, Department of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India
Mrinalini Pandey
Assistant Professor, Department of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India

Abstract


This paper investigated the impact of different personality traits on political skills in an individual. Here, Big Five traits of personality were considered. A self rated questionnaire was used to determine the effect on political skills due to Openness, Conscientiousness, Extrovert, Agreeableness, and Emotional Stability, respectively. Three hundred and eighteen (318) participants provided responses for measures of the five factor model and political skills. Multiple regression tool was applied to find the impact of personality traits. The results showed that Conscientiousness had the highest impact on individual's political skills, while Openness had the least impact on political skills. Individuals working in an institute can make good use of this as they will be able to gauge political skills of their colleagues on the basis of their respective personality types.

Keywords


Personality, Political Skill, Conscientiousness, Open to Experience

M1, M14, M54

Paper Submission Date : April 28, 2016 ; Paper sent back for Revision : August 10, 2016 ; Paper Acceptance Date : January 23, 2017.




DOI: https://doi.org/10.17010/pijom%2F2017%2Fv10i2%2F110636