AN INVESTIGATION FOR DETERMINING THE EFFECT OF PERSONALITY CHARACTERISTICS ON TENDENCY OF INNOVATION IN STATE AGENCY MANAGERS

Innovate or direct others to innovation depends on environmental factors. These factors also depends on the personality traits of leader. In this study investigated the effect of personality characteristics on tendency of innovation in state agency managers. This manager works in the teacher house in the public institutions. The data was collected by questionnaire technique of quantitative research methods. The data obtained from the managers in working the provincial were analyzed. In the analysis results, it was found to have the innovation trend of research participants. Also in terms of five factor personality traits, openness to experience, agreeableness and responsible personality types are available in all surveyed with high average. Directors have moderate to extroversion, low degre emotional imbalance emerged as a result of this study. In terms of demographic characteristics were not detected any difference in the innovation trend.