TY - JOUR
T1 - Personality Traits Moderate the Effect of Workload Sources on Perceived Workload in Flying Column Police Officers.
AU - Chiorri, Carlo
AU - Garbarino, Sergio
AU - Bracco, Fabrizio
AU - Magnavita, Nicola
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - PreviousresearchhassuggestedthatpersonalitytraitsoftheFiveFactorModelplayaroleinworker’sresponsetoworkload.Theaimofthisstudywastoinvestigatetheassociationofpersonalitytraitsoffirstresponderswiththeirperceivedworkloadinreal-lifetasks.Aflyingcolumnof269policeofficerscompletedameasureofsubjectiveworkload(NASA-TaskLoadIndex)afterinterventiontasksinamajorpublicevent.Officers’scoresonameasureofFiveFactorModelpersonalitytraitswereobtainedfromarchivaldata.LinearMixedModelingwasusedtotestthedirectandinteractioneffectsofpersonalitytraitsonworkloadscoresoncecontrollingforbackgroundvariables,tasktypeandworkloadsource(mental,temporalandphysicaldemandofthetask,perceivedeffort,dissatisfactionfortheperformanceandfrustrationduetothetask).Allpersonalitytraitsexceptextraversionsignificantlyinteractedatleastwithoneworkloadsource.Perceivedworkloadinflyingcolumnpoliceofficersappearstobetheresultoftheirpersonalitycharacteristicsinteractingwiththeworkloadsource.Theimplicationsoftheseresultsforthedevelopmentofsupportmeasuresaimedatreducingtheimpactofworkloadinthiscategoryofworkersarediscussed.
AB - PreviousresearchhassuggestedthatpersonalitytraitsoftheFiveFactorModelplayaroleinworker’sresponsetoworkload.Theaimofthisstudywastoinvestigatetheassociationofpersonalitytraitsoffirstresponderswiththeirperceivedworkloadinreal-lifetasks.Aflyingcolumnof269policeofficerscompletedameasureofsubjectiveworkload(NASA-TaskLoadIndex)afterinterventiontasksinamajorpublicevent.Officers’scoresonameasureofFiveFactorModelpersonalitytraitswereobtainedfromarchivaldata.LinearMixedModelingwasusedtotestthedirectandinteractioneffectsofpersonalitytraitsonworkloadscoresoncecontrollingforbackgroundvariables,tasktypeandworkloadsource(mental,temporalandphysicaldemandofthetask,perceivedeffort,dissatisfactionfortheperformanceandfrustrationduetothetask).Allpersonalitytraitsexceptextraversionsignificantlyinteractedatleastwithoneworkloadsource.Perceivedworkloadinflyingcolumnpoliceofficersappearstobetheresultoftheirpersonalitycharacteristicsinteractingwiththeworkloadsource.Theimplicationsoftheseresultsforthedevelopmentofsupportmeasuresaimedatreducingtheimpactofworkloadinthiscategoryofworkersarediscussed.
KW - personality,workload,firstresponders,policeofficers,FiveFactorModel
KW - personality,workload,firstresponders,policeofficers,FiveFactorModel
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10807/69349
U2 - 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01835
DO - 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01835
M3 - Article
SN - 1664-1078
VL - 6:1835
SP - N/A-N/A
JO - Frontiers in Psychology
JF - Frontiers in Psychology
ER -