The Effect of Mental Workload on the Managers’ Control Performance, Covariating the Effect of Big Five Factors

Subject Areas : Educational

Sima Janatian ¹ , Hossein Samavatyan ² , Hamidreza Oreizi ³ , Mohammadreza Abedi ⁴ , Hamid Baghaei ⁵ , Tahereh Karimian ⁶

1 - دکتری روان‌شناسی دانشگاه اصفهان
2 - عضو هیأت علمی دانشکدۀ علوم تربیتی و روان‌شناسی دانشگاه اصفهان
3 - عضو هیأت علمی دانشکدۀ علوم تربیتی و روان‌شناسی دانشگاه اصفهان
4 - عضو هیأت علمی دانشکدۀ علوم تربیتی و روان‌شناسی دانشگاه اصفهان
5 - مشاور صنعتی سازمان
6 - مشاور صنعتی سازمان

Received: 2017-10-17 Accepted : 2017-10-17 Published : 2017-10-17

Keywords: mental workload, control performance, the big five personality factors,

Abstract :

Investigating the effect of mental workload on managers' control performance while covariating the personality characteristics was the aim of the current experimental research. The statistical sample included 21 randomly selected of staff managers in Isfahan Province Gas Company. In addition to presenting the NEO Personality questionnaire (Casta & McCrea, 1992), the participants'control performance in response to managerial tasks (researcher made) in different situations of mental workload with different manipulated timing were measured. The results of repeated measures ANOVA revealed significant effect of mental workload on control performance. While covariating the characteristics of extroversion, openness and agreeableness from the process had a profound change and resulted in non-significant effects (P=0.480, P=0.731, and P=0.623, respectively). Based on the results, it is possible to predict performance of managers on the basis of their mental workload and their personality characteristics more precisely.

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