Abstract
The study aims to examine the relationships between big five personality traits and workaholism triads among academicians of public sector universities in Quetta. Quantitative study with cross-sectional survey method was conducted. The purposed relationship was investigated between the big five personality traits and workaholism triads. A total of 248 questionnaires were distributed among academicians of public sector universities in Quetta. Collectively, 225 usable responses were returned. This research applied structural equation modelling (SEM) to assess the model and test the research hypotheses. The results indicated that the big five personality traits: openness to experience, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness and neuroticism explained significant and positive relationship to workaholism triads. This study also indicated that, open, conscientious, extraverted, agree and neurotic academicians involved, driven and enjoyed to work at workplace. This paper based on survey method which may create biasedness with self-reported responses. Secondly, study targeted only public sector universities and focused only academicians. Lastly, the study used non-probability sampling. The impact of big five personality traits were first time investigated on academicians of public sector universities in Quetta and this paper strives to fill this research gap.
Mohammad Noman Kasi 1, Dr Beenish Malik 2. (2019) The Impact of Big Five Personality Traits on Workaholism Triads of Academicians at Public Sector Universities in Quetta, Balochistan Review, Volume 2, Issue 2.
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