Personality factors and impression management tactics during job interviews in relation to employee engagement

Date of Publication

2012

Document Type

Bachelor's Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelor of Arts Major in Psychology

Subject Categories

Psychology

College

College of Liberal Arts

Department/Unit

Psychology

Thesis Adviser

Homer Yabut

Defense Panel Member

Nico Canoy

Abstract/Summary

Impression management (IM) is referred as an individual's way of using verbal and nonverbal tactics to control the perceptions of others towards them during in certain situations, especially in the context a working environment. Based on existing research (i.e. Organ & Ryan, 1995 Behling, 1998 Bozionelos, 2003 Kim, Shin, & Swanger, 2009 Inceoglu & Warr, 2011), some personality traits are said to possibly influence employee engagement but no studies on impression management were found to influence employee engagement. Therefore, in this study, the variables IM tactics and four personality traits from the Five-Factor Model of Personality will be examined to determine their influence on employee engagement, a 'high internal motivational state' which is 'characterized by vigor, dedication, and absorption' (Macey & Schneider, 2008 Seppala, Mauno, Feldt, Hakanen, Kinnunen, Tolvanen, & Schaufeli, 2009). Through the use of the Mini International Personality Item pool Scale (IPIP), Impression Management in Job Interviews Scale by Erdogan, and the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale (UWES-9), this study found out that impression management tactics positively influenced employee engagement batter than personality traits. In the same way, only a specific personality trait and impression management tactic, namely Extraversion and Self-promotion, had a positive influence on employee engagement

Abstract Format

html

Language

English

Format

Print

Accession Number

TU16840

Shelf Location

Archives, The Learning Commons, 12F, Henry Sy Sr. Hall

Physical Description

107 leaves, 29 cm.

Keywords

Impression formation (Psychology); Employment interviewing

Embargo Period

4-12-2021

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