Shyness and its relationship to the five major personality factors (A field study on a sample of students from the University of Al-Furat)

this research aims to detect the correlation between shyness ,and the five major personality factors among a sample of fourth –year students from the University of Al Furat where the number of members of the research sample were (150) students from the colleges of education in Al Hassakah, Der Eizor and ALRaqa , and tries identify the degree of shyness and identify the differences due to sex in all of shyness and the five major personality factors. The researcher used in his research two scales: the first is shyness scale by Hussein Dorrainy B.T(1999). The second is the five major personality factors by costa and Mc Crae(1992) ,and after testing the hypotheses was reached following results: 1- Students of the college of education have high shyness. 2- There is a positive correlation statistically significant at the 0.05 level between shyness and Neuroticism. 3- There is a negative correlation statistically significant at the 0.05 level between shyness and(Extraversion, Openness, Agreeableness, and Conscientiousness). 4- There are no differences due to sex in all of shyness and the five major personality factors(Neuroticism, Extraversion, Openness, Agreeableness, and Conscientiousness).

Job Performance and Its Relationship to The Big Five Factors of Personalityof a sample of Workers. " A field study in the Damascus countryside"

The study aimed to reveal the nature of the correlation between the five big factors of personality and job performance, identifying the most influential personality factors in job performance, identifying the significance of the differences in the five big factors of personality and career performance depending on gender variations, educational qualification, and occupational age. The sample consisted of 195 workers working in the governmental and official departments in Damascus countryside Governorate depending on the descriptive approach and using the five big factors of personality for Costa & McCrae (1992), Melhem Arabization (2009), and the job performance scale prepared by the researcher. Their validity and reliability were verified by using the appropriate scientific and statistical methods. The most important results:  The correlation between: neuroticism, extroversion, openness to experience, kindness, conscience awakening and functionality -0.319, 0.515, 0.427, 0.493, 0.512, respectively and are indicative of 0.01.  The results of multiple regression analysis showed that diastolic, neurotic, and conscientiousness contribute to job performance.  There is a correlation between years of experience, the five Big factors of personality and job performance.  There are no differences according to the educational qualification on the scale of the five big factors of personality and on the scale of job performance.