%0 Journal Article
%T The relation between conscientiousness, empowerment and performance
%A Ri£¿tte Sutherland
%A Gideon P. de Bruin
%A Freddie Crous
%J South African Journal of Human Resource Management
%D 2007
%I AOSIS OpenJournals
%R 10.4102/sajhrm.v5i2.120
%X This study examined the relationship between conscientiousness, empowerment and job performance among information technology professionals. An Employee Empowerment Questionnaire (EEQ), a Conscientiousness Scale and a Social Desirability Scale were administered to 101 information technology customer service engineers. Managers completed a Performance Evaluation Questionnaire (PEQ) for each customer service engineer. The results indicated a significant relationship between conscientiousness and empowerment. A curvilinear relationship was found between empowerment and performance. The practical and theoretical implications of the findings are discussed.
%K Personality
%K consciousness
%K empowerment
%K job performance
%U http://www.sajhrm.co.za/index.php/sajhrm/article/view/120