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

THE UNIVERSITY OF DANANG
UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS


REPORT ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR

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

Group:
B.A Team
Class:
HVTC2-CLC
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
Extraversion vs. introversion

Agreeableness vs. antagonism

Conscientiousness vs. lack of direction

Facet (and correlated trait adjective)
Gregariousness (sociable)

Assertiveness (forceful)
Activity (energetic)
Excitement-seeking (adventurous)
Positive emotions (enthusiastic)
Warmth (outgoing)
Trust (forgiving)
Straightforwardness (not demanding)
Altruism (warm)
Compliance (not stubborn)
Modesty (not show-off)
Competence (efficient)
Order (organized)
Dutifulness (not careless)


Achievement striving (thorough)
Self-discipline (not lazy)
Deliberation (not impulsive)

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Neuroticism vs. emotional stability

Openness vs. closeness to experience

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Anxiety (tense)
Angry hostility (irritable)
Depression (not contented)
Self-consciousness (shy)
Impulsiveness (moody)
Vulnerability (not self-confident)
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
Extraversion
67.69%
61.19%
63.38%
Agreeableness
69.94%
66.78%
66.22%
Conscientiousness
65.72%
63.50%

61.83%
Neuroticism
56.81%
58.38%
57.63%
Openness to experience
68.10%
61.70%
62.30%

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 Percent Numbe Percen Numbe Percent
r
r
t
r
2-2.49
12

30.0%
22
55.0%
5
12.5%
2.5-3.19
22
55.0%
15
37.5%
29
72.5%
3.2-3.59
6
15.0%
2
5.0%
5
12.5%
3.6-4.0
1
0.00%
1
2.5%
1
2.5%
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
Not good
2
5.0%
3
7.5%
5
12.5%
Well-done
30
75.0%

31
77.5%
22
55.0%
Good
8
20.0%
6
15.0%
13
32.5%
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.

Marketing
Banking
Corporate Finance
Extracurricular
activities
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
Not participating
2
5.0%
4
10.0%
13
32.5%
Sometimes
26

65.0%
26
65.0%
16
40.0%
Regularly
12
30.0%
10
25.0%
11
27.5%
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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