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Associations Between Big Five Personality Traits and Employee Perceptions of Social Media Monitoring at Work

Roussi, Danai LU (2024) PSYP02 20241
Department of Psychology
Abstract (Swedish)
Workplace social media monitoring has become increasingly prevalent,
raising critical concerns about privacy and fairness in employee-employer
relationships. This thesis investigated the associations between the Big Five
personality traits and employee perceptions of social media monitoring in the
workplace. Using a quantitative research design, the study examined how
openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism
relate to perceptions of monitoring, specifically regarding perceived
invasiveness of privacy and perceived fairness. Data were collected from 164
employees through an online survey. Neuroticism emerged as a significant
predictor of both perceived invasiveness and perceived fairness... (More)
Workplace social media monitoring has become increasingly prevalent,
raising critical concerns about privacy and fairness in employee-employer
relationships. This thesis investigated the associations between the Big Five
personality traits and employee perceptions of social media monitoring in the
workplace. Using a quantitative research design, the study examined how
openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism
relate to perceptions of monitoring, specifically regarding perceived
invasiveness of privacy and perceived fairness. Data were collected from 164
employees through an online survey. Neuroticism emerged as a significant
predictor of both perceived invasiveness and perceived fairness highlighting
its consistent association across both dimensions. Openness significantly
predicted both perceived invasiveness and perceived fairness. In contrast,
social media use showed moderate positive correlations with both perceived
invasiveness and fairness, but it did not emerge as a significant predictor in the
regression models, contrary to expectations. These findings highlight the
significance of personality traits in shaping employee perceptions toward
monitoring policies, offering insights for organizations seeking to balance
privacy concerns with workplace transparency. Future research could
investigate additional factors, such as job industry or role-specific differences,
to enhance the understanding of employee responses to monitoring. (Less)
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author
Roussi, Danai LU
supervisor
organization
course
PSYP02 20241
year
type
H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
subject
keywords
Big Five Personality Traits, social media monitoring, invasiveness, fairness, privacy concerns
language
English
id
9187668
date added to LUP
2025-04-22 13:17:07
date last changed
2025-04-22 13:17:07
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  abstract     = {{Workplace social media monitoring has become increasingly prevalent,
raising critical concerns about privacy and fairness in employee-employer
relationships. This thesis investigated the associations between the Big Five
personality traits and employee perceptions of social media monitoring in the
workplace. Using a quantitative research design, the study examined how
openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism
relate to perceptions of monitoring, specifically regarding perceived
invasiveness of privacy and perceived fairness. Data were collected from 164
employees through an online survey. Neuroticism emerged as a significant
predictor of both perceived invasiveness and perceived fairness highlighting
its consistent association across both dimensions. Openness significantly
predicted both perceived invasiveness and perceived fairness. In contrast,
social media use showed moderate positive correlations with both perceived
invasiveness and fairness, but it did not emerge as a significant predictor in the
regression models, contrary to expectations. These findings highlight the
significance of personality traits in shaping employee perceptions toward
monitoring policies, offering insights for organizations seeking to balance
privacy concerns with workplace transparency. Future research could
investigate additional factors, such as job industry or role-specific differences,
to enhance the understanding of employee responses to monitoring.}},
  author       = {{Roussi, Danai}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Associations Between Big Five Personality Traits and Employee Perceptions of Social Media Monitoring at Work}},
  year         = {{2024}},
}