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En kvantitativ studie om sambandet mellan personlighet och arbetsengagemang
University West, Department of Social and Behavioural Studies.
University West, Department of Social and Behavioural Studies.
2022 (Swedish)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
Abstract [sv]

I dagens organisationer är det ofta förväntat att de anställda ska vara proaktiva, ta initiativ, ta ansvar för sin utveckling samt prestera på en hög nivå. Det är därför viktigt att arbetstagare har ett högt arbetsengagemang för att kunna möta organisationens förväntningar. Forskning har visat att personlighetsdrag har ett samband med arbetsengagemang. Syftet med studien är således att undersöka hur förhållandet ser ut mellan personlighetsdrag och arbetsengagemang i en svensk kontext. I denna kvantitativa tvärsnittsstudie används enkäter för att samla in data från ett bekvämlighetsurval. Totalt svarade 123 personer i spannet 20 till 69 år på samtliga frågor. Mätinstrumenten som användes var Big Five Inventory (BFI-44) och Utrecht Work Engagement Scale (UWES-9). Data analyserades och presenterades i en korrelationstabell samt en regressionstabell. Ett starkt statistiskt signifikant och positivt samband hittades mellan samvetsgrannhet och arbetsengagemang även efter att sambandet kontrollerats för informellt lärande, kön, ålder och hälsotillstånd. Det kan bero på att arbetstagare som är målinriktade och ansvarstagande också är mer engagerade i arbetet. Med hjälp av personlighetsdraget samvetsgrannhet går det således att predicera arbetstagares arbetsengagemang.

Abstract [en]

In today's organizations, it is often expected that employees should be proactive, take initiative, and take responsibility for their development and to perform at a high level. Therefore, it is essential that employees have a high level of work commitment in order to meet the organization's expectations. Research has shown that personality traits correlate with work engagement. The purpose of the study is thus to investigate the relationship between personality traits and work commitment in a Swedish context. In this quantitative cross-sectional study surveys were used to collect data from a convenience sample. A total of 123 people in the range 20 to 69 years answered all questions. The measuring instruments used were the Big Five Inventory (BFI-44) and the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale (UWES-9). Data were analyzed and presented in a correlation table and a regression table. There was a strong statistically significant and positive correlation between conscientiousness and work commitment even after controlling for informal learning, gender, age and state of health. This may be due to the fact that employees who are goal-oriented and responsible are also more involved in the work. With the help of the personality trait of conscientiousness, it is thus possible to predict employees' work commitment.

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2022. , p. 30
Keywords [en]
Personality traits, five-factor theory, work commitment, vigor, dedication and absorption
Keywords [sv]
Personlighetsdrag, femfaktorteorin, arbetsengagemang, vigorös, dedikation och absorption
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Psychology (excluding Applied Psychology)
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URN: urn:nbn:se:hv:diva-18968Local ID: EXM550OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hv-18968DiVA, id: diva2:1682857
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Psychology
Educational program
Personalvetarprogrammet
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Available from: 2022-08-22 Created: 2022-07-12 Last updated: 2022-08-22Bibliographically approved

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