Efect of Personality on Job Performance of Employees: Empirical Evidence from Banking Sector of Pakistan

2 Abstract: After globalization and privatization phase of banking sector of Pakistan, culture of banks have been transformed into performance based culture so it is highly important for the HRM department of banking sector to hire those employees who can perform at their full potential. This study is investigating that how the personality affects the job performance of employees so that through their personality analysis best performing workforce could be hired for banking sector of Pakistan. Results of the research confirm the hypothesis that personality is a good predictor of performance. Extraversion, Conscientiousness, Agreeableness and Openness to Experience has positive and significant effect on Job Performance of employees while neuroticism has negative effect on task and contextual performance of Employees.