Journal of Psychology & Behavioral Science

Measureing the Effect of Five Factor Model of Personality on Team Performance with Moderating Role of employee engagement
Faiza Amir, Farah Naz, Sara Qasim Hafeez, Anam Ashfaq, Younis Hameed Dogar

Abstract
This study examines the five factor model of personality applied to private sector employees of Pakistan, and finds their impact on team performance. The five factor model consists of extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, openness to experience and neuroticism. It was also found for the first time in Pakistan, whether employee engagement moderates the relationship between the personality and team performance. A causal study (regression analysis) had been conducted using a sample size of 100 employees in private sector organizations of Islamabad and Rawalpindi and primary data had been collected through a 36 item questionnaire using convenience sampling. The results which agree with similar past studies showed that agreeableness and openness to experience have a positive relationship with team performance, while Neuroticism has a negative relationship with team performance. The relationship between conscientiousness, extroversion and team performance is insignificant. Employee engagement moderates the relationship between extraversion, agreeableness, and openness to experience, conscientiousness and team performance. Employee engagement has no moderating effect on the relationship between neuroticism and team performance. Therefore, organizations should strive to enhance the level of engagement of their employees and should encourage personality of employees with agreeableness and openness to experience traits to work in teams so as to improve the overall performance of teams.

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