Assessment of links between personality traits and soft skills in the work environment

• Autorzy: Lajčin Daniel , Miško Dávid , Vojtilová Veronika

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.17512/pjms.2023.28.1.10

Warianty tytułu

PL

Ocena powiązań między cechami osobowości a umiejętnościami miękkimi w środowisku pracy

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Employers try to understand the suitability of a candidate for a position using various techniques. Many of them focus on personality traits that determine what motivates employees and how they react in workplace situations. Personality traits and soft skills are among the aspects that largely determine the performance and behavior of employees. Despite extensive research on personality traits, personality is so complex that it is still the center of attention. This paper provides an overview of the literature highlighting the topicality and importance of the topic in the working environment. It brings new findings by examining personality traits and soft skills in a sample of Slovak respondents and verifying the relationships between the observed variables using a structural model. The results are based on data obtained from two methodologies: The Big Five questionnaire and Questionnaire for evaluating the importance of soft skills. Path Analyses were used to analyse the links between personality traits and soft skills of employees. The research sample consisted of 393 respondents, of which 221 were women, and 172 were men. The average age was 38.9 years. The results point to several existing relationships between personality traits and soft skills, where it was found that each examined personality trait relates to at least one factor of the soft skills methodology. Examining individual personality traits of employees or job applicants is necessary for jobs where a high level of soft skills is required.

PL

Pracodawcy próbują zrozumieć przydatność kandydata na dane stanowisko pracy przy użyciu różnych technik. Wiele z nich koncentruje się na cechach osobowości, które określają, co motywuje pracowników i jak reagują oni w określonych sytuacjach w miejscu pracy. Cechy osobowości i umiejętności miękkie należą do aspektów, które w dużej mierze determinują wydajność i zachowanie pracowników. Pomimo szeroko zakrojonych badań nad cechami osobowości, osobowość jest tak złożona, że nadal znajduje się w centrum uwagi. Niniejszy artykuł zawiera przegląd literatury podkreślającej aktualność i znaczenie tego tematu w środowisku pracy. Przynosi nowe odkrycia, badając cechy osobowości i umiejętności miękkie na próbie słowackich respondentów i weryfikując relacje między obserwowanymi zmiennymi za pomocą modelu strukturalnego. Wyniki opierają się na danych uzyskanych z dwóch metodologii: Kwestionariusza Wielkiej Piątki i Kwestionariusza do oceny znaczenia umiejętności miękkich. Do analizy powiązań między cechami osobowości a umiejętnościami miękkimi pracowników wykorzystano analizę ścieżek. Próba badawcza składała się z 393 respondentów, w tym 221 kobiet i 172 mężczyzn. Średnia wieku wynosiła 38,9 lat. Wyniki wskazują na kilka istniejących związków między cechami osobowości a umiejętnościami miękkimi, gdzie stwierdzono, że każda badana cecha osobowości wiąże się z co najmniej jednym czynnikiem umiejętności miękkich. Badanie indywidualnych cech osobowości pracowników lub kandydatów do pracy jest niezbędne w przypadku stanowisk, na których wymagany jest wysoki poziom umiejętności miękkich.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

manager; employee; personality traits; soft skills; work environment

PL

menedżer; pracownik; cechy osobowości; umiejętności miękkie; środowisko pracy

• Wydawca: Czestochowa University of Technology
• Czasopismo: Polish Journal of Management Studies
• Rocznik: 2023
• Tom: Vol. 28. No. 1
• Strony: 172--188
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 55 poz., rys., tab.

Twórcy

autor

Lajčin Daniel

• Department of Management and Economics, DTI University, Dubnica nad Váhom, Slovakia

• https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4827-3748

autor

Miško Dávid

• Department of Managerial Psychology, Faculty of Management and Business, University of Prešov, Slovakia

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1961-3005

autor

Vojtilová Veronika

• Department of Managerial Psychology, Faculty of Management and Business, University of Prešov

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Uwagi

Opracowanie rekordu ze środków MNiSW, umowa nr SONP/SP/546092/2022 w ramach programu "Społeczna odpowiedzialność nauki" - moduł: Popularyzacja nauki i promocja sportu (2024).