SportLogia (Dec 2010)

PERSONALITY TRAINER CHARACTERISTICS AS JOB SATISFACTION PREDICTORS

  • Ivanović Miroljub,
  • Ivanović Uglješa

DOI
https://doi.org/10.5550/sgia.1002001
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 6, no. 2
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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The main aim of this research was to define the calculated personality five big characteristicsmodel for the total job satisfaction The Big Five Inventory (BFI, John, Donahue and Kentle,1991), as well as the 9 aspects of job satisfaction, which were measured on the Job SatisfactionSurvey scale (JSS, Spector, 1985). Except the personality characteristics, as the predictor type, thetrainer variables of gender and work experience were researched. The examinees sample consistedof 126 football, basketball, volleyball and handball trainers in permanent employment onthe territory of Belgrade. According to the achieved results of the multivariate covariance analysisand hierarchy multiple regression analysis the conclusion, that for the relevant prediction oftrainer job satisfaction distinguish the trainers who have high scores on the pleasant and neuroticismscales, was made. For the satisfactory prediction in some aspects of trainer job the threepersonality trainer pleasantness, conscientiousness and neuroticism characteristics are separatedfrom the whole. The categorical trainer variables (gender and working experience) - as predictors didn’tshow statistically significant.

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