The Big Five Personality Factors and their Relationship with Classroom Management Styles of Middle School Teachers -A Field Study in the Municipality of Metlili and the Wilaya of Ghardaia

Abstract

The present study aimed to investigate the relationship between the Big Five personality factors (Extraversion, Neuroticism, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness and Openness to Experience) and classroom management styles of middle school teachers in Metlili municipality. The study used a descriptive approach in accordance with the nature of the research topic. In order to collect the necessary data, the study used Costa and McCrae's (1992) Big Five Personality Factors Questionnaire and a Classroom Management Styles Questionnaire. The study was conducted on a sample of 226 secondary school teachers. After collecting and tabulating the data, the hypotheses were tested using the SPSS statistical package and the following results were obtained:

* The Big Five personality factors contribute to the prediction of middle school teachers' classroom management styles.

* The order of importance of the Big Five personality factors among the study sample is as follows: Conscientiousness, Extraversion, Agreeableness, Openness to Experience and finally Neuroticism.

* The predominant classroom management style among secondary school teachers is the democratic style, followed by the autocratic style, and finally the laissez-faire style.