Orientation: Although researchers have discovered many of the beneficial and positive consequences of job engagement, little is known about the multitude of antecedent factors that lead to employee engagement such as personality. Research purpose: The aim of the study was to investigate the relationship between the big five personality traits and job engagement among municipal workers. Motivation for the study: The motivation of this study is to examine the relationship between personality and psychological conditions. It was premised on previous research that personality is associated with many employees’ behaviours. Research approach/design and method: The present study employed a quantitative, cross-sectional research design by using a questionnaire on a sample of 403 district municipal workers in the Eastern Cape province, South Africa. Main findings: The study findings show that openness to experience, conscientiousness, extraversion and agreeableness had a positive relationship with job engagement, whereas neuroticism has a negative relationship with job engagement. Municipalities and educational qualifications had an impact of job engagement. Practical/managerial implications: The study recommends managers to switch from an intervention-based focus to a selection-based focus as municipalities can maximise their resources by being able to better predict job success early in the selection process as opposed to trying to maximise the performance on a continual basis through interventions. Contribution/value-add: This study adds to an understanding of the influences of personality on work outcomes such as job engagement, giving areas for exploration in coaching or feedback interviews based on personality assessment.

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南非东开普省市政工作者的个性和工作投入

方向：尽管研究人员发现了工作投入的许多有益和积极的影响，但对于导致员工敬业度的众多前因（例如人格）知之甚少。研究目的：本研究的目的是调查五种人格特质与市政工人之间的工作投入之间的关系。研究的动机：这项研究的动机是检查人格与心理状况之间的关系。以前的研究以人格与许多员工的行为相关联为前提。研究方法/设计和方法：本研究采用问卷调查的形式，采用定量，横断面研究设计，对南非东开普省的403名地方市政工人进行抽样调查。主要发现：研究结果表明，开放的经验，认真，外向和令人愉快与工作投入呈正相关，而神经质与工作投入则呈负相关。市政和教育资格对工作投入有影响。实际/管理方面的影响：研究建议管理人员从基于干预的重点转到基于选择的重点，因为市政当局可以通过更好地在选择过程中更好地预测工作成功而不是试图最大化绩效来最大化其资源。通过干预持续进行。贡献/增值：这项研究可加深对人格对工作成果（如工作投入，