PERSONALITY TRAITS AND GROUP PERFORMANCE IN A NIGERIAN MANUFACTURING FIRM: A STUDY OF WAHUM GROUP OF COMPANIES, LAGOS STATE, NIGERIA

Abstract

The study aimed to examine the effect of employee personality traits on group performance among employees of West Africa Household Utilities Manufacturing Company (WAHUM) Nigeria Ltd. Lagos State. The target population comprises of workforce of the firm. Data was obtained from 290 employees chosen at random from WAHUM Group of companies. Questionnaire was adopted to collect data from respondents. Descriptive statistics was used to provide the demographic characteristics of respondents, and hypotheses were tested using regression analysis. Employee conscientiousness (β = 0.421; t = 5.611; P<.05) and employee extroversion (β = 0.585; t = 6.702; P><.05), The study hereby concluded that employee conscientiousness and extroversion as personalities traits significantly affect the level of group performance in the organization studied. Therefore, the paper recommends that the management of WAHUM group of companies should see conscientiousness and extrovertist individuals as an avenue to attain improved group performance and holistic organizational goals.