International Journal of Social Science Research (IJSSR)

Personality Traits and Cognitive Flexibility as Predictors of Workplace Motivation among Indian Workforce

This study explores the impact of Personality Traits and Cognitive Flexibility on the Workplace Motivation among the Indian workforce. The focus of this study is not restricted to any one industry but Indian employees of different working sectors. With the major focus of personality theory of the Big Five Factor Theory and cognitive psychology aspects of Cognitive flexibility, this research examines how individual differences influence motivation in professional environments. Data were collected through individuals working in any sector of age range 21 to 60 years, through administering standardized questionnaires such as NEO 5PI by Costa & McCrae (1992), the Cognitive Flexibility Scale by Martin & Rubin (1995) and the Work Motivation scale (R-MAWS) by Gagné et al. (2010). The findings reveal that specific personality dimensions have no influence on work-motivation whereas, higher Cognitive Flexibility significantly shows higher Workplace Motivation. These results imply the importance of psychological factors in shaping employee engagement and productivity, offering practical implications for human resource strategies and organizational development in the Indian context. Keywords: cognitive flexibility, Indian workforce, organizational psychology, personality traits, workplace motivation,