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The questionnaire consisted of questions about their background, life satisfaction, job satisfaction, and personality. The findings showed neuroticism to be a negative correlated with life satisfaction, along with being positively correlated with conscientiousness and extraversion. However, job satisfaction did not show a correlation with the big five personality traits.","abstract_html":"Personality seems to play a crucial role in individual satisfaction with life and job. For instance, both life and job satisfaction have shown a correlation to personality traits, like neuroticism and conscientiousness. The aim of the study was to assess if an individual‘s personality affects their life and job satisfaction, along with other variables. The Big Five personality traits were used to measure individual personality traits. The study had 186 participants, who completed the online questionnaire, divided into 138 females and 48 males. The questionnaire was distributed over social media page Facebook. The questionnaire consisted of questions about their background, life satisfaction, job satisfaction, and personality. The findings showed neuroticism to be a negative correlated with life satisfaction, along with being positively correlated with conscientiousness and extraversion. However, job satisfaction did not show a correlation with the big five personality traits.","abstract_has_math":false,"creators":["Birna Fjóla Valdimarsdóttir 1994-"],"institution":null,"degree_name":null,"degree_level":null,"degree_discipline":null,"degree_department":null,"school":null,"contributors":["Háskólinn í Reykjavík"],"advisors":[],"committee_chairs":[],"committee_members":[],"year":2018,"date_issued":"2018-06-07T09:23:06Z","date_published":"2018-06-07T09:23:06Z","updated_at":"2026-07-27T20:42:37Z","subjects":["Sálfræði","Persónuleiki","Starfsánægja","Psychology","Personality","Job satisfaction"],"languages":["en"],"rights":[],"rights_urls":[],"identifier_entries":[]},"links":{"outbound_url":"http://hdl.handle.net/1946/30655","outbound_label":"Handle","outbound_source":"dc:identifier.uri"},"metadata_groups":[{"id":"people","label":"People","entries":[{"key":"dc:contributor","label":"Contributor","values":["Háskólinn í Reykjavík"]},{"key":"dc:creator","label":"Author","values":["Birna Fjóla Valdimarsdóttir 1994-"]}]},{"id":"academic_context","label":"Academic Context","entries":[{"key":"dc:date.accessioned","label":"Dc Date Accessioned","values":["2018-06-07T09:23:06Z"]},{"key":"dc:date.available","label":"Dc Date Available","values":["2018-06-07T09:23:06Z"]},{"key":"dc:date.issued","label":"Date","values":["2018-06-07T09:23:06Z"]},{"key":"dc:type","label":"Dc Type","values":["Thesis"]}]},{"id":"subjects_keywords","label":"Subjects and Keywords","entries":[{"key":"dc:subject","label":"Dc Subject","values":["Sálfræði","Persónuleiki","Starfsánægja","Psychology","Personality","Job satisfaction"]}]},{"id":"language_rights","label":"Language and Rights","entries":[{"key":"dc:language.iso","label":"Language (ISO)","values":["en"]}]},{"id":"identifiers","label":"Identifiers","entries":[{"key":"dc:identifier.uri","label":"Identifier URI","values":["http://hdl.handle.net/1946/30655"]}]},{"id":"additional","label":"Additional Metadata","entries":[{"key":"dc:description.abstract","label":"Abstract","values":["Personality seems to play a crucial role in individual satisfaction with life and job. For instance, both life and job satisfaction have shown a correlation to personality traits, like neuroticism and conscientiousness. The aim of the study was to assess if an individual‘s personality affects their life and job satisfaction, along with other variables. The Big Five personality traits were used to measure individual personality traits. The study had 186 participants, who completed the online questionnaire, divided into 138 females and 48 males. The questionnaire was distributed over social media page Facebook. The questionnaire consisted of questions about their background, life satisfaction, job satisfaction, and personality. The findings showed neuroticism to be a negative correlated with life satisfaction, along with being positively correlated with conscientiousness and extraversion. However, job satisfaction did not show a correlation with the big five personality traits.","Persónuleiki spilar afdrifaríkur hlutverki í lífs og starfs ánægju einstaklinga. Til dæmis, hafa bæði lífs og starfsánægja sýnt fylgni á milli persónuleika eiginleikanna, taugaveiklun og samviskusemi. Markmið rannsóknarinnar var að meta hvort að persónuleiki hvers einstaklings hefur áhrif á lífs og starfsánægju þeirra. Ásamt því að skoða aðrar breytur samhliða. Notast var við fimm þátta líkanið til að mæla persónuleika einstaklingsins. Þátttakendur rannsóknarinnar voru 186, sem skiptist niður í 138 kvennmenn og 48 karlmenn. Dreift var spurningalista á netinu í gegnum samfélagsmiðilinn Facebook. Spurningarlistinn innihélt spurningar um bakgrunn þátttakanda, lífsánægju, starfsánægju og persónuleika. Niðurstöður rannsóknar sýndu fram á fylgni neikvæð fylgni á milli persónuleika þáttinn taugaveiklun við lífsánægju. Einnig voru persónuleika þættirnir, samviskusemi og úthverfa með jákvæð fylgni við lífsánægju. Hinsvegar sýndi starfsánægja enga fylgni við persónuleikaþættina fimm."]},{"key":"dc:title","label":"Title","values":["Effects of personality on life and job satisfaction"]}]}],"canonical_facts":{"dc:contributor":["Háskólinn í Reykjavík"],"dc:creator":["Birna Fjóla Valdimarsdóttir 1994-"],"dc:date.accessioned":["2018-06-07T09:23:06Z"],"dc:date.available":["2018-06-07T09:23:06Z"],"dc:date.issued":["2018-06-07T09:23:06Z"],"dc:description.abstract":["Personality seems to play a crucial role in individual satisfaction with life and job. For instance, both life and job satisfaction have shown a correlation to personality traits, like neuroticism and conscientiousness. The aim of the study was to assess if an individual‘s personality affects their life and job satisfaction, along with other variables. The Big Five personality traits were used to measure individual personality traits. The study had 186 participants, who completed the online questionnaire, divided into 138 females and 48 males. The questionnaire was distributed over social media page Facebook. The questionnaire consisted of questions about their background, life satisfaction, job satisfaction, and personality. The findings showed neuroticism to be a negative correlated with life satisfaction, along with being positively correlated with conscientiousness and extraversion. However, job satisfaction did not show a correlation with the big five personality traits.","Persónuleiki spilar afdrifaríkur hlutverki í lífs og starfs ánægju einstaklinga. Til dæmis, hafa bæði lífs og starfsánægja sýnt fylgni á milli persónuleika eiginleikanna, taugaveiklun og samviskusemi. Markmið rannsóknarinnar var að meta hvort að persónuleiki hvers einstaklings hefur áhrif á lífs og starfsánægju þeirra. Ásamt því að skoða aðrar breytur samhliða. Notast var við fimm þátta líkanið til að mæla persónuleika einstaklingsins. Þátttakendur rannsóknarinnar voru 186, sem skiptist niður í 138 kvennmenn og 48 karlmenn. Dreift var spurningalista á netinu í gegnum samfélagsmiðilinn Facebook. Spurningarlistinn innihélt spurningar um bakgrunn þátttakanda, lífsánægju, starfsánægju og persónuleika. Niðurstöður rannsóknar sýndu fram á fylgni neikvæð fylgni á milli persónuleika þáttinn taugaveiklun við lífsánægju. Einnig voru persónuleika þættirnir, samviskusemi og úthverfa með jákvæð fylgni við lífsánægju. Hinsvegar sýndi starfsánægja enga fylgni við persónuleikaþættina fimm."],"dc:identifier.uri":["http://hdl.handle.net/1946/30655"],"dc:language.iso":["en"],"dc:subject":["Sálfræði","Persónuleiki","Starfsánægja","Psychology","Personality","Job satisfaction"],"dc:title":["Effects of personality on life and job satisfaction"],"dc:type":["Thesis"]},"updated_at":"2026-07-27T20:42:37Z"}