Big Five Personality, Transformational Leadership, Psychological Safety, and Employee Engagement of Private Sector Employees in Southern Thailand
Lima Faktor Personaliti, Kepimpinan Transformasi, Keselamatan Psikologi dan Penglibatan Pekerja oleh Pekerja Sektor Swasta di Selatan Thailand

School of Business Management
College of Business
Universiti Utara Malaysia
06010 UUM Sintok, Kedah, MALAYSIA.

norsiah@uum.edu.my

Faculty of Management Science
Songkhla Rajabhat University
Muang District
90000 Songkhla, THAILAND.

parichatjansriboot@yahoo.com

College of Business
Umm Al Qura University
Makkah Al Mukarramah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

nbsalleh@uqu.edu.sa

Abstract

This study examines the relationship between five factor model of personality (i.e, extraversion, conscientiousness, openness to experience, agreeableness and neuroticism), transformational leadership and psychological safety and their impact 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. The results of predictive power of the structural model was 0.337 indicating that 33.7% of the variance in the employee engagement construct was explained by the five factor model of personality, transformational leadership and psychological safety. Theoretical and practical implications of the study are highlighted. Finally, limitations and further research are discussed.

Keywords

employee engagement; five factor model of personality; psychological safety; transformational leadership
https://doi.org/10.17576/pengurusan-2019-56-02

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Mat, N. M., Jansriboot, P., & Mat, N. (2019). Big Five Personality, Transformational Leadership, Psychological Safety, and Employee Engagement of Private Sector Employees in Southern Thailand. Jurnal Pengurusan, 56, 15–26. https://doi.org/10.17576/pengurusan-2019-56-02

@article{mat2019big,
  title={Big Five Personality, Transformational Leadership, Psychological Safety, and Employee Engagement of Private Sector Employees in Southern Thailand},
  author={Mat, Norsiah and Jansriboot, Parichat and Mat, Norazuwa},
  journal={Jurnal Pengurusan},
 

volume={56},
  number={},
  pages={15—26},
  year={2019},
  doi={https://doi.org/10.17576/pengurusan-2019-56-02},
  publisher={Penerbit UKM},
}

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