Personality traits are enduring characterstic, which describe the behavior of a person. In psychology trait theory, it is an approach to the study of human personality. Many contemporary personality psychologists believed that there are five basic dimension of personality. It is important to note that each one of the five personality factors represents a range between two extremes. There are given 5 personality traits are given below –

1. Introversion – Introverts are shy, retiring, and quiet. They are more inclined to excel at tasks that require thoughts and analytical skills.
2. Extroversion – Extroverts are gregarious and socialable in individuals. They are more suitable for positions, which require considerable interaction with others. Managerial positions are generally dominated by extroverts, thus suggesting that this managerial trait is a factor in managerial sources.
3. Machiavellianism – It represents the degree to which an individual is pragmatic and maintains emotional distance. People with high machiavellanism manipulate more, win more, are persuaded less, and persuade others more than do people with low machiavellianism.
4. Authoritarianism – A person with authoritarian personality views obedience to authority as necessary holds negative views about individuals and is intellectually rigid. They tend ro place high moral value on their beliefs and are strongly oriented towards conformity to rules and regulations. They are naturally prefer stable and structures work environment, which are managed by clean rules and procedures.  Likewise, they are likely to favor autocratic or directive management and would exihibit high respect for individuals in positions of authority.
5. Locus of control– It refers to an individual’s belief that events are within one’s control or determined by forces beyond one’s control. People who believed that they control their destines  are called internals whereas those who see their lives being controlled by outside forces are called externals. It had been demonstrated that externals are less satisfied with their jobs, and have absenteeism rates. Internals have more control over their behavior, are more active to make decisions and are more active socially than externals.

Personality has a great influence on a work performance. Particularly in a job with high human relations content where most of the working days is spent interacting with other people. This affects the individual performance and consequently organizational performance.