REPORT ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR THE IMPACT OF BIG FIVE MODEL ON STUDENTS THEIR ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE AND EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

How Big Five Factors affect academic achievement of students in each major 5 2.2.. How Big Five Factors affect how often students in each major engage in extracurricular activities socia

THE UNIVERSITY OF DANANG UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS

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REPORT ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR

THE IMPACT OF BIG FIVE MODEL ON STUDENTS

THEIR ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE AND EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

Lecturer: Ph.D Nguyen Phuc Nguyen

Da Nang, November 2016

B.A TEAM

Nguyen Ngoc Quynh Anh – Marketing (Leader)

Nguyen Thi Hang - Marketing

Le An Khuong - Banking Nguyen Thi Thu Thao - Corporate Finance

TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION 4

1.1 Aim 4

1.2 Participants 4

1.3 Measures 4

2 METHOD & RESULTS 5

2.1 The differences of personality of students in each major 5

2.1 How Big Five Factors affect academic achievement of students in each major 5 2.2 How Big Five Factors affect how often students in each major engage in extracurricular activities (social activities and teamwork) 6

3 DATA ANALYSIS 6

3.1 The differences of personality of students in each major 6

3.2 How Big Five Factors affect academic achievement of students in each department 9

3.2.1 Remark 10

3.3 How Big Five Factors affect how often students in each major engage in extracurricular activities and teamwork 11

3.3.1 Teamwork 11

3.3.2 Extracurricular activities 13

The impact of Big Five Model on students B.A Team

1 INTRODUCTION

Multiple studies have shown that personality is vitally important not only for selecting a job but also having a significant impact on academic environment In particular, the Big Five Model (extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness neuroticism or emotional stability, openness to experience) have been related to a wide range of behaviors including job performance, academic achievement, leadership and well-being Though the Big Five traits has been criticized as not being theory-driven and for its inability to explain all of personality (Block, 1995), it is still commonly used to predict how people behave and their characteristics in real-life situation For

some reasons above, our team decided to conduct the survey about “The impact of big

five model on students, their academic performance and extracurricular activities”.

1.1 Aim

The aim of the study is to investigate the interrelation between the psychological peculiarities of students, their academic achievement vs extracurricular activities in three majors measured by Big Five Inventory (BFI)

1.2 Participants

Our survey sample is based on 120 (31 males and 89 females) second year students which conclude 40 students from in each major (Marketing, Banking Corporate Finance) of Da Nang University of Economics We choose these majors

to survey because all students of OB class belong in those fields Therefore, through our study result, they will be likely to understand their personality clearly

1.3 Measures

We choose 44-item inventory to measure an individual on the Big Five Factors

of personality (Goldberg, 1993) Each of them is further divided into personality facets

Big Five Dimensions Facet (and correlated trait adjective)

Extraversion vs introversion Gregariousness (sociable)

Assertiveness (forceful) Activity (energetic) Excitement-seeking (adventurous) Positive emotions (enthusiastic) Warmth (outgoing)

Agreeableness vs antagonism Trust (forgiving)

Straightforwardness (not demanding) Altruism (warm)

Compliance (not stubborn) Modesty (not show-off) Conscientiousness vs lack of direction Competence (efficient)

Order (organized) Dutifulness (not careless) Achievement striving (thorough)

Achievement striving (thorough)

Self-discipline (not lazy)

Deliberation (not impulsive)

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Neuroticism vs emotional stability Anxiety (tense)

Angry hostility (irritable) Depression (not contented) Self-consciousness (shy) Impulsiveness (moody) Vulnerability (not self-confident)

Openness vs closeness to experience Ideas (curious)

Fantasy (imaginative) Aesthetics (artistic) Actions (wide interests) Feelings (excitable) Values (unconventional)

2 METHOD & RESULTS

2.1 The differences of personality of students in each major

Factors Marketing Banking Corporate Finance

We calculated the score of five factors on each student, then we divided the sum

of scores of 40 students from each major on each factor in the maximum score of that factor For example, the total score of 40 Marketing students on Extraversion factor is

1083, the maximum score of 40 Marketing students on Extraversion factor is 1600 (40

is maximum score in Extraversion factor of a student plus 40 students) Therefore, 40 Marketing students got 67.69% in Extraversion factor

1.1 How Big Five Factors affect academic achievement of students in each

major

GPA Marketing Banking Corporate Finance

Numbe r

Percent Numbe

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Percen t

Numbe r

Percent

GPA (Grade point average) is an accurate factor to measure academic achievement of students In fact, we collected the GPA of 40 students in each major on

4 segmentation Then, we analyze the differences about GPA among students in each major based on their remarkable personalities

1.2 How Big Five Factors affect how often students in each major engage in extracurricular activities (social activities and teamwork)

Teamwork Marketing Banking Corporate Finance

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Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent

Teamwork is integral skill not only in workforce but also in other social activities To illustrate the point, we calculated the percentage of students in each major appealing how they work as members in a team

Extracurricular

activities

Marketing Banking Corporate Finance Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent

Extracurricular activities besides studying at university is very important for students These factors are measured similarly as teamwork

3 DATA ANALYSIS

3.1 The differences of personality of students in each major

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The table above reveals the differences in personality of students in three mentioned majors Overall, most of students of these majors have the highest Agreeableness and the lowest Neuroticism Besides, there are also some differences in level of the factors

Let’s begin by look at marketing students, they have the highest Extraversion (67.69%), Agreeableness (69.94%), Conscientiousness (65.72%), Emotional stability (or the lowest Neuroticism - 56.81%) and Openness (68.1%)

Like the other majors’ students, Agreeableness is the most popular traits among marketing students These high agreeable people are said to be good natured, cooperative and trusting They may also be high-performing individuals due to their willingness to adapt to and understand their environment The ability to adapt enables agreeable students to establish and maintain healthy and rewarding relationships with their team, classmates… Agreeableness has been shown to predict performance in interpersonal-oriented jobs, which include Marketing, Banking and Corporate Finance

However, clearer differences are showed between Marketing students and Banking and Corporate Finance ones in level of the other factors, especially in Openness The level of Openness of students from Marketing Department is about 10% higher (68.1% in comparison with 63.45% and 63.6 %) than that of students from the other departments Openness has been connected to creativity, curiosity and artistic sensitivity in workplace These characteristics are required for people who study marketing or want to have flexible and changing context at work That explains why they tend to think about something creative, unique and innovative which suits for the job of marketers

In addition, Extraversion and Emotional stability (Neuroticism) of Marketing

students also exceed these of students from Banking and Corporate Finance Extraverts tend to search for social relationships with co-workers leading to increase relationship

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