A STUDY ON PERSONALITY TRAITS OF ARCHITECTS WHICH INFLUENCES THEIR JOB PERFORMANCE

In building industry the role of Architects and other related professionals are of great significance which results in economic prosperity and uplift of the society overall. One of the prominent trends in business organizations especially in the construction field today is the attention placed on individual personality traits as a means of predicting job performance. As such this study investigates the impact of personality traits of construction professionals such as Architects and Designers. The various measures considered here are Knowledge, Responsibility and Reliability which has direct impact on the overall performance. It also investigates the technical ability along with the cognitive skills and creativity to establish them in their profession long run. The survey was conducted based on a structured questionnaire distributed among 115 architects from whom 84 responses were received. The statistical analysis was conducted by SPSS using Descriptive Statistics followed by correlation methods. The results shows that the most significant personality traits to perform better jobs are responsibility, reliability and to some extent the degree of diligence. It further suggests that technical ability and creativity are the inbound correlated cognitive abilities for long stand in association with knowledge gained.