Employee’s Perception towards Manager’s Big Five Personality in Developing a Coaching Culture

Abstract

The big five personality traits consist of five personalities which are agreeableness, neuroticism, openness to experience, extraversion and conscientiousness. This Big Five Personality is needed to develop a coaching culture at organisation in order to have a better workplace and to nurture employees’ talent. In this study, the researchers want to measure the significant of having these five personalities for line manager’s in creating the coaching culture. There are three dimensions in the creation of coaching culture which are coaching within the relationship, coaching within team and progress towards a coaching culture. This study will help the managers to know about the Big Five personalities, and also to identify the employee’s perception towards managers’ Big Five Personalities in creating coaching culture. By having a coaching culture, it means that employees can learn about new skills and they will become greater assets to the organization. In addition, culture in an organisation also emphasizes training, regular feedback, and opportunities for growth to create a more engaged and energized workforce. As such, the overall findings of this study show that all of the five personality variables have significant relationship towards the creation of coaching culture. Also, this study reveals that openness to experience is the most significant factor among those five personalities that contribute towards line nurse manager at one of the private healthcare sectors in Malaysia.