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Employee engagement of private sector employees in Southern Thailand: Big Five personality, transformational leadership, and psychological safety

Jansriboot, Parichat and Mat, Norsiah and Mat, Norazuwa (2017) Employee engagement of private sector employees in Southern Thailand: Big Five personality, transformational leadership, and psychological safety. In: 4th Conference on Business Management, 29 - 30 Oktober 2017, The Gurney Resprt Hotel & Recidences Penang, Malaysia.

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Abstract

This study examines the relationship between Five Factor Model (FFM) of personality (i.e, extraversion, conscientiousness, openness to experience, agreeableness and neuroticism), transformational leadership and psychological safety on employee engagement.A total of 402 of private sector companies in Southern Thailand participated in this study.PLS-SEM was used to analyze the data.Overall measurement model showed appropriate psychometric properties in term of reliability and validity.The propose model of this research has relied primarily on reflective measurement model.Out of the five personality factors, three proved to have an influence on employee engagement (extraversion, conscientiousness, and openness to experience), however the influence of agreeableness and neuroticism were not supported.Transformational leadership and psychological safety also showed direct influence on employee engagement. Theoretical, practical and methodological implications of the study are highlighted.

Item Type: Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Additional Information: eISBN 978-967-0910-76-5 Organized by: School of Business Management, Universiti Utara Malaysia.
Uncontrolled Keywords: Employee Engagement, Five Factor Model of Personality, Transformational Leadership, Psychological Safety, PLS-SEM
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD28 Management. Industrial Management
Divisions: School of Business Management
Depositing User: Mrs. Norazmilah Yaakub
Date Deposited: 02 Apr 2018 00:29
Last Modified: 02 Apr 2018 00:29
URI: https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/23850

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