The Relationship between Personality Big-5 and Integrity among Leader in Northern University of Malaysia
Mariah Darus *
School of Government, Universiti Utara Malaysia, 06010 Sintok, Kedah, Malaysia.
Sakinah Muslim
School of Government, Universiti Utara Malaysia, 06010 Sintok, Kedah, Malaysia.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to emphasize the relationship between BIG-5 personality and integrity among leaders in the Northern University of Malaysia. The integrity issue can be observed by the increasing public complaints on government service delivery systems. Public complaints can become a measurement index to the quality level of service delivery system as it is an expression of public dissatisfaction towards government services. One of the main challenges for the public servant is to improve the awareness of integrity among public servants especially the leaders. Previous research shows that the main factor that contributes to the integrity is the personality of the individual. Besides that, previous research also shows that the relationship between personality BIG-5 and integrity is not consistent. The study used quantitative methods with 5-point Likert scale measurement. The Big Five Inventory consists of 25 items as measurement and 25 items for integrity scale. The subjects of this study are 30 leaders from the Northern University of Malaysia. The use of Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 25.0 will be implemented in the acquisition of the results though reliability test, description analysis, and correlation. The findings show that personality Big-5 has a relationship with integrity.
Keywords: Integrity, public complaints, personality BIG-5, leaders