TY - JOUR ID - 16579 TI - The role of locus of control and personality dimensions in the prediction of job satisfaction of occupational therapists employed in Tehran governmental organizations JO - Journal of Research in Rehabilitation Sciences JA - JRRS LA - en SN - 1735-7519 AU - Mohseni, Mohamad Taghi AU - Rezaei, Mahdi AU - Kalantari, Minoo AU - Tabatabaei, Mahdi AD - MSc, Department of Occupational Therapy, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran AD - MSc, Department of Statistics and Computer Sciences, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Y1 - 2012 PY - 2012 VL - 8 IS - 4 SP - 629 EP - 639 DO - 10.22122/jrrs.v8i4.497 N2 - Introduction: In investigation of job satisfaction, paying attention to humanitarian motivation of employee subjects is of high priority. The aim of this study was to explore the role of locus of control and personality dimensions in the prediction of job satisfaction of occupational therapists employed in governmental organizations in Tehran. Materials and Methods: 75 occupational therapists (23 males and 52 females) aged between 23 to 50 years (Mean age = 32.37 ± 7.00) who employed in governmental organizations were selected to participate in this study. NEO Five Factor Inventory, Rotter's Locus of Control Scale, and Herzberg's Scale of Job Satisfaction were used to collect the data.  By use of SPSS 18, data were analyzed by Spearman correlation and multiple regression analysis. Results: Pearson correlation test showed a significant relationship between locus of control (P = 0.001), and four personality dimensions including neuroticism (P < 0.001), extraversion (P = 0.009), agreeableness (P = 0.012), consciousness (P = 0.024) and job satisfaction of occupational therapists. No significant correlation was observed between openness (P = 0.061) and job satisfaction of occupational therapists. Results of regression analysis showed that extraversion (P = 0.009), and locus of control (P < 0.047) had significant role in the prediction of job satisfaction of occupational therapists. Conclusion: Paying attention to neuroticism and locus of control of occupational therapists, have the most important role in the improvement of their job satisfaction. Keywords: Job satisfaction, Personality, Internal-external control, Occupational therapy UR - https://jrrs.mui.ac.ir/article_16579.html L1 - https://jrrs.mui.ac.ir/article_16579_435f28de42d75e11446ec498e46d4d61.pdf ER -