Personality traits and career satisfaction: A pilot study on women in electric and electronic industry

• Main Authors: Husin, Nurul Sharniza, Johari, Husna
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: HD28 Management. Industrial Management
• Online Access: http://repo.uum.edu.my/23844/1/CBMM%202017%201144%201150.pdf; http://repo.uum.edu.my/23844/
• Institution: Universiti Utara Malaysia

This study aimed to study the relationship between personality traits and career satisfaction among women in electrical and electronic sector in Malaysia.In non-western context fewer study on women career satisfaction in Malaysia.Therefore, this paper review the personality traits consist of neuroticism, extraversion, conscientiousness, openness to experience and agreeableness in predicting the career satisfaction.The inconsistent finding from previous study enable this paper to understand the roles of women personality traits and career satisfaction based on manufacturing industry. The respondents for this study involve women in middle management such as officer, engineer and manager.The research applied structured questionnaire in English version.The survey will involve 700 respondents in middle management.This paper enriches the literature of women career satisfaction and provides insight recommendation in manufacturing industry.