Title: Understanding the effect of personality types on workplace happiness using structural equation modelling approach

Authors: Shilpa Bhandari; Manoj Kumar Mishra; Pretty Bhalla; Seema Gupta

Addresses: Department of Management Studies, Lovely Professional University, Punjab, India ' School of Management, OP Jindal University, Raigarh, India ' Department of Management Sciences, Lovely Professional University, Punjab, India ' Department of Commerce, Deshbandhu College, University of Delhi, India

Abstract: Education reform should include the growth of psychological factors, with the primary goal of making teachers happy at work. The aim of the study is to determine a model of continuous happiness on the basis of the big five personality traits. The method uses the structural equation modelling approach to develop the model. The effects of each big five personality types (extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, openness and neuroticism) on workplace happiness have been demonstrated in the study. The presence of variables that function as factors influencing teacher work happiness as the dependent variable. The data was collected from the teachers working in UGC recognised universities in Delhi and NCR with a sample size of 384. The sampling technique used in the study was quota sampling wherein the sample was distributed among government universities, private universities and others (deemed and to-be deemed universities). The study's findings show that the main five personality types have a considerable effect on university teacher's happiness at work.

Keywords: extraversion; neuroticism; agreeableness; conscientiousness; openness; happiness; workplace; structural equation modelling; SEM.

DOI: 10.1504/IJWI.2025.144326

International Journal of Work Innovation, 2025 Vol.6 No.1, pp.1 - 21

Received: 04 Sep 2023
Accepted: 18 Sep 2023
Published online: 07 Feb 2025 *

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