Home⇛International Journal of Multidisciplinary: Applied Business and Education Research⇛vol. 7 no. 4 (2026)

Personality Traits and Job Satisfaction among Provincial Paid Teachers in Borongan City Division: Input to Personality Development Intervention

Angela S. Adlawan | Flor Janine A. Glino

Discipline: Education

 

Abstract:

This study determined the provincial paid teachers' personality traits and job satisfaction for the purpose of utilizing research results in pol- icy and intervention development. The study employed a quantitative approach, gathering information from purposive sampling of 36 pro- vincial paid teacher in Borongan City Division through Big Five Person- ality Traits and teacher job satisfaction questionnaire survey method. Mean score was used to describe personality traits and level of job sat- isfaction, likewise the Spearman's Rho determine correlational analysis on significant relationship exists between specific personality traits and job satisfaction. The findings show on respondents' personality traits in terms of openness, extroversion, and neuroticism got a mean score 3.40, 3.29, and 2.90 with moderate level, respectively. While, con- scientiousness and agreeableness got a mean score 3.60 with high level of personality traits of the respondents. The level of job satisfaction got a high level with 3.81 mean score. Moreover, it was found that consci- entiousness has a very strong positive relationship with teacher job sat- isfaction, while, agreeableness and extroversion were both found to have strong positive correlation with teacher job satisfaction. There- fore, reject the null hypothesis that stated that there is no significant relationship between job satisfaction and personality traits of respond- ents, specifically: agreeableness, conscientiousness, extroversion, openness, and neuroticism. The results show how crucial the provincial paid teachers to continually develop and encouraged their traits that reflect conscientiousness such as thoughtfulness, good impulse control, and display strong goal-directed behaviors. However, teacher selection and hiring personnel are recommended to take into consideration per- sonality traits, primarily conscientiousness, agreeableness and extro- version because they are strongly associated with teacher job satisfac- tion. Lastly, school heads are recommended to consider designing per- sonality traits development training workshops to enhance conscientiousness, agreeableness and extroversion among teachers as *Corresponding author: E-mail: angela.adlawan@deped.gov.ph Adlawan & Glino, 2026 / Personality Traits and Job Satisfaction among Provincial Paid Teachers in Borongan City Division IJMABER 1773 Volume 7 | Number 4 | April | 2026 preparation on teachers' development and job satisfaction can be enhanced.



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