Year: 2018
Type: article
Abstract: Research Questionsa) How does personality influence employee motivation?b) How does personality influence organizational behaviour? MethodologyThis paper takes the form of a literature review of pertinent studies related to personality, individual differences, and motivation.According to Wee [2], the methodology of literature review papers should at least contain the themes informing the review, databases used, keywords, and some of the major sources consulted.The themes that were found to be the most relevant were motivation, personality, and individual differences.Of most significance were those studies that attempted to link personality to motivation in an organisational setting.With respect to referencing literature sources, the Harvard system was preferred where the author-date-page format was followed in citations.Most of the studies were sourced from journals related to management, motivation, organizational behaviour, psychology, and human resources such as Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Journal of Research in Personality, Academy of management review, and Journal of Organizational Behaviour.Google Scholar was also sourced as a general database of some of the articles.In all cases, the primary keywords used in searching for the articles were motivation, personality, individual differences, organisational behaviour, and human resources.The timeframe allowed for the inclusion of an article was that it ought to have been written between the year 2010 and 2018.The keywords and timeframe were therefore the inclusion criteria for sources that were consulted for purposes of completing this study.
Author: Ashveen Nuckcheddy
Institution: University of Northampton
Language: English
Subfield: Applied Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2921179598