Relationships between Big Five Personality, Resilience, and Job Burnout of Operational Employee at the Energy Business Company

Authors

  • Kaewkarn Kaewkomol นิสิต หลักสูตรวิทยาศาสตรมหาบัณฑิต สาขาวิชาจิตวิทยาอุตสาหกรรมและองค์การ คณะสังคมศาสตร์ มหาวิทยาลัยเกษตรศาสตร์
  • Thipthinna Smuthranond ผู้ช่วยศาสตราจารย์ ภาควิชาจิตวิทยา คณะสังคมศาสตร์ มหาวิทยาลัยเกษตรศาสตร์

Keywords:

Big five personality, Resilience, Job burnout

Abstract

The objectives of this research were to study the relationships between big five personality, resilience, and job burnout of operational employee at the energy business company. Samples were 123 operational employee at the Energy Business Company. Research instruments included: personal characteristics questionnaire, big five personality test, resilience test, and job burnout test. Percentage, mean, standard deviation, and Pearson’s product moment correlation coefficient were used to analyze the data. Results showed that big five personality was correlated with job burnout of operational employee as follows: neuroticism was positively correlated with job burnout at .01 significance while extroversion, agreeableness and conscientiousness were negatively correlated with job burnout at .01 significance, in addition, openness to experience was negatively correlated with job burnout at .05 significance and resilience was negatively correlated with job burnout at the significance level of .01.

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2019-05-18

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Kaewkomol, K., & Smuthranond, T. (2019). Relationships between Big Five Personality, Resilience, and Job Burnout of Operational Employee at the Energy Business Company. KKU Research Journal (Graduate Studies) Humanities and Social Sciences, 7(1), 141–153. Retrieved from https://so04.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/gskkuhs/article/view/189955

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