Personality Traits Moderate the Effect of Workload Sources on Perceived Workload in Flying Column Police Officers.

ABSTRACT: Previous research has suggested that personality traits of the Five Factor Model play a role in worker's response to workload. The aim of this study was to investigate the association of personality traits of first responders with their perceived workload in real-life tasks. A flying column of 269 police officers completed a measure of subjective workload (NASA-Task Load Index) after intervention tasks in a major public event. Officers' scores on a measure of Five Factor Model personality traits were obtained from archival data. Linear Mixed Modeling was used to test the direct and interaction effects of personality traits on workload scores once controlling for background variables, task type and workload source (mental, temporal and physical demand of the task, perceived effort, dissatis

SUBMITTER: Chiorri C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4661321 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature