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In the current context of organizations, personality traits, motivation, learner autonomy, and leadership style are some of the important antecedents that influence job performances. However, the disclosure of job performance among public servants through mass media such as delays in the delivery of services, inefficiency in performing jobs, dissatisfaction over service quality, dissatisfaction regarding accountability and integrity become a restriction in the service delivery system. Therefore, this study examines the influence of personality traits, motivation, learner autonomy, and leadership style on job performance. This study also aims to determine the most influential factors on job performance. The population in this study included 16,960 staff of Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), with a sample of 600 respondents, using the stratified sampling method. The study is guided by an adapted ten-point Likert Interval Scale structured questionnaire as the main instrument used in collecting the data. Furthermore, the analysis of data was undertaken by using Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) procedures and Structural Equation Model (SEM) utilizing AMOS software. The findings show that personality trait, motivation, learner autonomy, and leadership style contributes 37 percentages to job performance. The analysis of SEM revealed that there is a significant relationship between personality traits, motivation, learner autonomy, and leadership style on job performance. Besides that, these research findings show that employee motivation is the most significant factor that influences job performance. The study proves that individual job performance can be improved if the combination of the personality traits, motivation, learner autonomy, and leadership style on job performance is in a sound state. Therefore, implications of the findings, potential limitations, and directions for future research are also discussed.
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To Cite this Article: Cob, C. M. S. C., Mansor, F., & Aziz, S. A. (2021). The Influence of Personality Traits, Motivation, Learner Autonomy and Leadership Style Towards Job Performance. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 11(4), 941–954.
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