Faculty Advisor
Andrea Olson
Department
Psychology
Abstract
The purpose of this investigation is to determine if personality type, specifically Type A or Type B has any relationship to job satisfaction. We hypothesize that individuals with Type A personality will report having higher job satisfaction than individuals with Type B personality. The subjects of this study were college students at private university in Minnesota. The subject’s exact ages were not ascertained. For this study, self-administrated surveys were passed out to Psychology students in 2 classes. The only correlation that was significant at the 0.05 level in our data was regarding JS8, with the correlation being -.381. This correlation goes against our prediction and shows that job satisfaction and personality type A are inversely related.
Start Date
19-4-2012 11:00 AM
End Date
19-4-2012 1:00 PM
The Relationship Between Personality Types and Job Satisfaction
The purpose of this investigation is to determine if personality type, specifically Type A or Type B has any relationship to job satisfaction. We hypothesize that individuals with Type A personality will report having higher job satisfaction than individuals with Type B personality. The subjects of this study were college students at private university in Minnesota. The subject’s exact ages were not ascertained. For this study, self-administrated surveys were passed out to Psychology students in 2 classes. The only correlation that was significant at the 0.05 level in our data was regarding JS8, with the correlation being -.381. This correlation goes against our prediction and shows that job satisfaction and personality type A are inversely related.