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Personality Job-Fit
Table no 2 shows differences of the three groups on job satisfaction
Source of Variance
Sum of
squares
Degree
of
freedom
Mean
Square
Between groups 28.311 2 14.156 .077 .926
Within groups 12629.63 69 183.038
Total 12657.94 71
F=.077, df between group =2, df within group=69, significant at=.926 level
F
Sig
Graph No 2 shows differences of the three groups on job
satisfaction
1 2 0
1 1 0
JOB SATISFACTION
1 0 0
9 0
8 0
7 0
2 0
6 0
1 5
5 0
N =
2 3
2 4
2 5
fa c ul ty
lif e i n su r a n ce
m ed ica l r e p r e se n t a ti
G R O U PS
Figure 4 showing mean scores of faculty members,
life insurance agents and medical representatives
on the variable of job satisfaction.
In order to have a clearer picture of the results, one way
analysis of variance was calculated to test the difference among
these three groups in their level of job satisfaction. Again the
results show no significant difference among these three groups
as F value is .077, p >.05 (Table No.2 & Graph No. 2). However,
the spread of scores on job satisfaction are different for all the
groups. There is wide dispersion in the scores of medical
representatives followed by insurance agents and faculty
members. However, work of Furnham et al (2002) concluded
that personality does not have a consistent influence on what
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