Who should you hire as teacher? Assessing University Teachers’ Performance via Big Five Personality Factor

In view of this, the present study examines the big five personality factors (i.e., extroversion, agreeableness, consciousness, neuroticism, and openness to experience) of university teachers on their performance in terms of teacher-related work, research-related work, and departmental-related work.

Methodology: Simple random sampling was used to collect primary data from teachers of three university located incentral region of India. University teachers who are employed for at least one year were included as participant in the present study. Findings: Results revealed that extroversion, consciousness, and openness to experience factors of big five personality model were found significantly associated with university teachers’ performance, whereas neuroticism factor negatively correlated with teachers’ performance.