The present study investigated the Big Five personality traits of 94 collegiate outdoor recreation (COR) professionals employed within a campus recreation setting and examined those in relation to their job satisfaction. An e-mail with a link to an online survey was sent to 233 campus recreation professional members of the Association of Outdoor Recreation and Education. Using the five-factor model (FFM) of personality, the researchers explored the relationship between personality traits (neuroticism, extroversion, openness, agreeableness, and conscientiousness) and level of affect toward common COR program duties (general office, personnel management, interpersonal, and program-specific). Results indicated that COR professionals ascribed the highest level of affect to personnel management tasks followed by interpersonal, program-specific, and then general office tasks. Extroversion was positively correlated with interpersonal job task affect as were agreeableness and openness to experience. Study results suggest that individuals with a higher rating on extroversion would be well suited to work in a COR setting. Such professionals would be creative problem solvers who work well within a group. The overall scoring patterns found indicate that COR professionals are less interested in typical “desk work” as they prefer the fieldwork and interpersonal/social aspects of the job. As interpersonal skills are vital to success in the COR profession, results suggest that when hiring, employers may wish to focus on those applicant traits. Since the necessary organization and administrative tasks are more easily taught to new hires, those skill sets may be taught on the job. To learn about applicant personality traits, employers may wish to integrate a personality assessment into the typical hiring practices to best match new staff with required job skills.

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高校户外休闲从业人员人格特质与工作任务影响的探讨

本研究调查了在校园休闲环境中雇用的94名大学户外休闲（COR）专业人士的五种人格特质，并研究了与他们的工作满意度有关的特质。一封带有在线调查链接的电子邮件被发送给了户外娱乐与教育协会的233名校园休闲专业人士。研究人员使用人格因素的五因素模型（FFM），探索了人格特征（神经质，性格外向，开放，坦率，和and和认真）与对普通COR计划职责（总办公室，人事管理，人际关系，和特定程序）。结果表明，COR专业人员对人员管理任务的影响程度最高，其次是人际关系，针对特定计划，然后是一般的办公室任务。外向性与人际交往任务的影响正相关，经验的开放性和开放性也正相关。研究结果表明，外向性较高的个人非常适合在COR环境中工作。这样的专业人员将是富有创造力的问题解决者，可以在团队中良好地工作。总体评分模式表明，COR专业人员对典型的“办公桌工作”不感兴趣，因为他们更喜欢现场工作和工作中的人际/社会方面。由于人际关系技巧对于COR行业的成功至关重要，因此结果表明，在招聘时，雇主可能希望专注于那些应聘者特征。由于更容易向新员工传授必要的组织和管理任务，因此可以在工作中传授这些技能。