العوامل الخمس الكبرى للشخصية كمنبئات بالكفاءة الذاتية والرضا المهني لدى عينة من الطالبات المعلمات بكلية التربية للطفولة المبكرة

الملخص EN

The career success of a kindergarten teacher is considered an important and essential requisite that contributes to enhancing her ability to provide high quality education for children.

the present study aimed at identifying (1) the correlation between the big five personality traits and both self-efficacy and job satisfaction, (2) the predictability of kindergarten student teachers’ self-efficacy through the big five personality traits, (3) the predictability of kindergarten student teachers’ job satisfaction through the big five personality traits (extroversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, neuroticism, and openness to experience), and (4) which of the big five personality traits are most able to predict self-efficacy and job satisfaction among kindergarten student teachers at the college of early childhood education.

the study sample involved 150 students from levels 6 and 7 in the faculty of education for early childhood, Assiut university.

the tools used in this study included the big five inventory (BFI), the general self-efficacy scale, and the job satisfaction scale.

to validate the tools and process the data, the researcher made use of the following statistical methods: internal consistency, construct validity, stepwise multiple linear regression, and hierarchical regression analysis.

the results of the study indicated that there is a significant statistical correlation between the big five personality traits and both self-efficacy and job satisfaction.

the results of the study also indicated that the two big personality traits that are most able to predict self-efficacy are extroversion and conscientiousness, and that the two big personality traits that are most able to predict job satisfaction are extroversion and openness to experience.