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The Influence of Personality Traits and Quality of LMX Relationship on the Job Performance of Engineers in Malaysia

Journal of Entrepreneurship, Business and Economics

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Title The Influence of Personality Traits and Quality of LMX Relationship on the Job Performance of Engineers in Malaysia
 
Creator Weng Beng, Tony Leong
Muthuveloo, Rajendran
 
Description This research studies how personality traits affect the job performance of engineers in Malaysia and how the quality of Leader-Member exchange (LMX) relationship moderates this relationship. A sample of engineers working in Electrical and Electronics based companies in Malaysia were studied and the results showed that Extraversion and Openness were positively correlated to Job Performance while Agreeableness and Neuroticism were negatively correlated. The quality of LMX was however found to negatively moderate both the relationships between Extraversion to Job Performance and Openness to Job Performance. This finding goes counter to the traditional LMX theory which suggests that a stronger emotional attachment between leader and member lead to higher job performance. Possible reasons for this finding are discussed in this paper.
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Keywords: Job Performance; LMX Relationship; Personality; Engineers; Five-Factor Model
Reference to this paper should be made as follows: Weng Beng, T. L., & Muthuveloo, R. (2019). The Influence of Personality Traits and Quality of LMX Relationship on the Job Performance of Engineers in Malaysia, Journal of Entrepreneurship, Business and Economics, 7(2), 220–238.
 
Publisher Scientificia
 
Date 2019-12-22
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://www.scientificia.com/index.php/JEBE/article/view/125
 
Source Journal of Entrepreneurship, Business and Economics; Vol 7 No 2 (2019); 220-238
2345-4695
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://www.scientificia.com/index.php/JEBE/article/view/125/114
 
Rights Copyright (c) 2019 Tony Leong Weng Beng, Rajendran Muthuveloo
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