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Within the scope of this study, the effect of five big personality traits on organizational citizenship behaviour was investigated in case of teachers working at a private education institute. In this regard, firstly literature review was made about five big personality traits and organizational citizenship behaviour. Then, the survey questionnaire prepared about the research was conducted on 338 teachers. In order to determine personality traits of teachers, Five Big Personality Traits Scale developed by John, Donahue and Kentle (1991) with 44 statements as 5 dimensions and adjusted into Turkish by Alkan (2007) was used. Furthermore, in order to measure organizational citizenship behaviours of the respondents, Organizational Citizenship Behaviour Scale developed by Podsakoff, Mackenzie, Moorman and Fetter (1990) with 24 statements as 5 dimensions was used. As the result of the research, it was found that five big personality traits have effect on organizational citizenship behaviour, and especially conscientiousness personality trait has significant and positive effects on all organizational citizenship behaviour factors.

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