Impact of investigator personality pattern on job stress at the General inspectors of offices /applied thesis

Abstract

This research studied the relationship of patterns of investigator personality with the big five dimensions (Extraversion, stability, interoperability, openness, and personal benevolent), in facing the job stress with its resources(characteristics of the role, quality of work, organizational structure, work environment, organizational policies, social relations, and organizational processes) which the investigators exposed to it at the General Inspectors Offices.

The researcher derived the idea of ​​research from the importance of the work of these offices in a confrontation of various cases of financial and administrative corruption in Iraq at the present time, since itis one of the most important inspection and control organizations in Iraq, through its strategic role in fighting the corruption, and enabling an appropriate environment for the comprehensive development of the anti-corruption system, and its specialized role in control on ministries and public organizations, and raise the level of their performance through the exercise of inspection and control functions that represented by audit, inspection, investigation, and performance appraisal. As well as, the large stress that the workers faced it in these offices, especially the investigators, because of the seriousness and importance of their work, which leads to a feeling of stress at work which may affect their performance and achievement of offices objectives in the fight against the scourge of corruption, since it requires that those employees must have personal attributes correspond to the nature of their work to cope with the stress they experience and reduce its negative effects.

The aim of the research is to deepen the understanding of the nature of the personal patterns of investigators of general Inspectors Offices and the extent of their adaptation to job stress that they are exposed to at work to take advantage of it now and in the future in the proper selection, appointment and investiture of employees according to their personalities and how important and dangerous tasks that fall upon themselves, to reach the desired objectives.

The researcher used a questionnaire as an essential tool for data collection, as well as interviews and the experience of the researcher during his work in one of these offices for several years. The questionnaire was distributed to a random sample of (140) people across (7) offices of General Inspectors in (7) ministries, the sample selected represent (20%) of the original community for each Office. For data processing, the researcher used statistical methods and tests.

Based on the measuring of research variables and diagnosing it, and testing correlations, effect, and differences among them. The research concluded a set of conclusions and the most important was (Personal investigators patterns (Neuroticism, Extraversion, Agreeableness, openness to experience) in the offices of inspectors general affect job stress they are exposed to).