The Big-five Model of Personality is a five-factor model of personality that includes extroversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, emotional stability, and openness to experience.
1. Extroversion describes the degree to which a person is sociable, talkative, and assertive.
2. Agreeableness describes the degree to which a person is good-natured, cooperative, and trusting.
3. Conscientiousness describes the degree to which a person is responsible, persistent, dependable, and achievement oriented.
4. Emotional stability describes the degree to which a person is calm, enthusiastic, and positive (secure), or tense, nervous, depressed, and negative (insecure).
5. Openness to experience describes the degree to which a person is artistically sensitive, imaginative, and intellectual.
According to a research, there are important relationships between these personality dimensions and job performance.
