Abstract
This study examined the relationship between teachers' personality traits and their perceptions of school climate, involving 61 teachers from four schools in Zamboanga City, Philippines. The research utilized the Big Five Personality Test (BFPT) and the Organizational Climate Description Questionnaire (OCDQ-RE) to gather data and employed correlation to explore these relationships. The results revealed that teachers generally exhibited moderate levels across the Big Five personality traits, with notably higher levels of conscientiousness, agreeableness, and openness to experience, while showing lower levels of extroversion and neuroticism. In terms of school climate, teachers perceived principal behaviors as supportive, directive, and restrictive, and teacher behaviors as collegial and intimate. Supportive principal behavior was rated the highest, while disengaged teacher behavior was rated the lowest. The study also found specific associations between personality traits and school climate behaviors. Extroversion was positively associated with supportive principal behavior. Agreeableness was linked to positive teacher behaviors: it was associated with collegial behavior and negatively associated with disengaged behavior. Neuroticism was negatively associated with directive principal behavior. Openness was related to both directive and restrictive principal behaviors, as well as intimate teacher behaviors. These findings highlight how different personality traits influence various aspects of school climate. To leverage these insights, it is recommended to conduct capacity-building workshops focused on educational leadership. Topics should include personality traits, ethics and professionalism, and leadership development. Such workshops can help align leadership practices with the diverse personality traits observed in educational settings, potentially enhancing overall effectiveness.
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Efren G. Archide, Zamboanga Peninsula Polytechnic State University, Philippines
Marco N. Serrano, Zamboanga Peninsula Polytechnic State University, Philippines
Irish B. Galiz, Zamboanga Peninsula Polytechnic State University, Philippines
Nurhaida A. Paradji, Zamboanga Peninsula Polytechnic State University, Philippines
Diosdado Maico, Zamboanga Peninsula Polytechnic State University, Philippines
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Conference: SEACE2025
Stream: Educational policy
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Archide E., Serrano M., Galiz I., Paradji N., & Maico D. (2025) Short-Relationship Between Teachers’ Personality Traits and Their Perceptions of School Climate ISSN: 2435-5240 The Southeast Asian Conference on Education 2025: Official Conference Proceedings (pp. 231-239) https://doi.org/10.22492/issn.2435-5240.2025.21
To link to this article: https://doi.org/10.22492/issn.2435-5240.2025.21
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