Abstract
Objective: The purpose of this study was to assess and correlate the Personality Traits with Job Satisfaction
level of Surgeons in Pakistan.
Study Design: Quantitative, Correlational study
Place and Duration of Study: The study was conducted at 8 Teaching Hospitals of Rawalpindi and Islamabad
th th from 17 January to 17 June 2017.
Materials and Methods: A total of 132 surgeons were selected by convenient sampling. Big Five Inventory (BFI)
for personality assessment and Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire (MSQ) for job satisfaction were used.
Data collected from 105 surgeons was analyzed on SPSS version 21. Correlation coefficient for each Personality
factor with Job satisfaction was calculated using Pearson's test.
Results: The mean job satisfaction level of surgeons included in our study was 73.828 ± 11.68. The mean Likert
score for personality using BFI was highest for Agreeableness (4.00) followed by Conscientiousness (3.75),
Openness (3.54) and Extraversion (3.37) and was lowest for Neuroticism (2.52). Pearson's test showed a
positive correlation of Agreeableness, Extraversion and Conscientiousness and a Negative correlation of
Openness and Neuroticism with Job satisfaction level of surgeons in Pakistan. Among these the positive
correlation of Agreeableness (r=0.32, p-value=0.001) and a negative correlation of Neuroticism (r= -0.21, pvalue=0.027) was statistically significant.
Conclusion: The overall Job satisfaction level of Surgeons in Pakistan is towards the positive side. The surgeons
assessed in our study had a balance of different personality traits with the value being highest for
Agreeableness and lowest for Neuroticism. The personality traits of Agreeableness and Neuroticism strongly
correlate with job satisfaction.
Muhammad Wajih Uddin Butt, Rahila Yasmeen, Manya Tahir. (2020) Assessment of Personality Traits and Job Satisfaction in Surgeons: A Correlational Study, Journal of Islamic International Medical College, Volume-15, Issue-3.
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