Personality traits as an antecedent of Employability and the mediating role of job performance

Employability enhancement or skill upgradation is a major function of Human Resource Development. The employability construct is developed around personal circumstances, individual factors and external factors. The contribution of each of these variables is crucial in determining an individual's employability. While looking into the personal factors contributing to employability the prominence of personality fcators-especially big five personality traits-in determing the employability of an individual is mostly over looked or has not undergone any empirical study. This paper tries to establish personality traits as antecedant of employability and the mediating role of Job Performance.