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Coded respondent survey data to analyze the impact of big five personality traits on student engagement consisting of their emotional and physical engagement

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Aug 27, 2024 version files 68.64 KB

Abstract

In the present scholarly inquiry, the author leverages the framework of the Big Five personality traits and the concept of student engagement (dimensions include physical engagement, emotional engagement and cognitive engagement) to investigate the interplay within these constructs. More importantly, understanding the association between personality traits and various dimensions of student engagement helps teachers develop or adopt effective pedagogical practices. The research model was empirically assessed using a sample of 206 B-School students enrolled in a private business school in the southern region of India. The findings recommend that the personality components of conscientiousness and openness positively affect students' levels of physical engagement. Moreover, the study supports the beneficial impact of openness on emotional engagement and extraversion on cognitive engagement. It provides a comprehensive understanding of physical engagement as a mediating factor in the relationship between the Big Five personality traits—openness, conscientiousness, and cognitive engagement. However, the study does not provide empirical evidence for the influence of agreeableness on students' emotional and cognitive engagement, indicating a need for further investigation in future research.