Embracing the digital age : the impact of proactivity and big five personality traits on employee development

Andolšek, Jure (author), Salkić, Armin (author)

Personality traits are crucial to understanding an individual’s behavior, and the Big Five personality traits provide insight into the five core traits that underlie this behavior. A better understanding of an individual’s Big Five personality traits can aid in identifying their connection with proactivity, which, in turn, has a positive impact on employee development within a company. This article explores the link between the Big Five personality traits and proactivity, and their combined effect on employee development. Our study emphasizes the significance of distributed work and highlights the positive link between four of the Big Five personality traits (i.e., openness, extraversion, agreeableness, and conscientiousness) and proactivity. Our research draws upon theoretical concepts and practical case analyses of larger companies, demonstrating the favorable relationship among the Big Five personality traits, proactivity, and employee development. This study’s findings underscore the significance of affording adequate opportunities for employee development, and highlight the positive impact of distributed work on stimulating employee development. Our study’s results are pertinent to researchers conducting further research on this topic, and we recommend that companies invest resources in providing training to their workforce on proactive behavior, which can lead to improved organizational performance and foster individual development within the company.

• Language: English
• Keywords: digital age, proactivity, big five personality traits, employee development, case study
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: EF - School of Economics and Business
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Publication date: 01.05.2023
• Year: 2023
• Number of pages: Str. 53-71
• Numbering: Vol. 12, iss. 1
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-153381
• UDC: 005
• ISSN on article: 2232-5867
• COBISS.SI-ID: 159118595

Copyright

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• Publication date in RUL: 28.12.2023

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Dynamic relationships management journal
• Publisher: Slovenian academy of management
• ISSN: 2232-5867
• COBISS.SI-ID: 262077952

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• License: CC BY-NC 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International
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Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian

Abstract

Osebnostne lastnosti so ključnega pomena za razumevanje posameznikovega vedenja, pet velikih osebnostnih lastnosti pa omogoča vpogled v pet temeljnih lastnosti, ki so podlaga za to vedenje. Boljše razumevanje posameznikovih velikih pet osebnostnih lastnosti lahko pomaga pri prepoznavanju njihove povezave s proaktivnostjo, kar posledično pozitivno vpliva na razvoj zaposlenih v podjetju. Dotični članek raziskuje povezavo med petimi velikimi osebnostnimi lastnostmi in proaktivnostjo ter njihovo skupno povezavo na razvoj zaposlenih. Študija poudarja pomen porazdeljenega dela in izpostavlja pozitivno povezavo med štirimi od petih velikih osebnostnih lastnosti (tj. odprtost, ekstravertnost, prijaznost in vestnost) in proaktivnostjo. Naše raziskave temeljijo na teoretičnih konceptih in praktičnih analizah primerov večjih podjetij, ki dokazujejo ugodno razmerje med petimi velikimi osebnostnimi lastnostmi, proaktivnostjo in razvojem zaposlenih. Ugotovitve študije poudarjajo pomen zagotavljanja ustreznih priložnosti za razvoj zaposlenih in poudarjajo pozitiven vpliv porazdeljenega dela na spodbujanje razvoja zaposlenih. Rezultati študije so pomembni za raziskovalce, ki izvajajo nadaljnje raziskave na to temo, in priporočamo, da podjetja vložijo sredstva v zagotavljanje usposabljanja svoje delovne sile o proaktivnem vedenju, saj lahko le‐to privede do izboljšane organizacijske uspešnosti in spodbuja individualni razvoj v podjetju.