1Faculty of Education, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43000, Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia
2Adult Education and Professional Development Studies, Faculty of Education, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600, Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia
3Center for Liberal Studies (CITRA), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43000, Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia
4Islamic Business School, Universiti Utara Malaysia, 06010, Sintok, Kedah, Malaysia
5Center of Aqidah and Global Peace, Faculty of Islamic Studies, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43000, Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia
6Royal Military Air Force Administrative & Management Learning Institute c/o Subang Air Based, 40000, Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia
Online published on 7 December, 2018.
The study investigates the effect of personality domains, namely, neuroticism, extraversion, openness, agreeableness and Conscientiousness on life satisfaction. The sample was pensionable middle-age other ranks army veterans (n=464). Stratified random sampling technique was employed in sample selection. A cross sectional survey design, was employed for the study. A structural equation modelling using Smart PLS 3.2.5 was employed for the analysis. The results indicate that conscientiousness, extraversion and neuroticism contribute to the life satisfaction of army veterans. Meanwhile, openness and agreeableness do not significantly contribute to life satisfaction. The result assists in providing insights on the type of personality influencing life satisfaction of the Malaysian Armed Forces other ranks army veterans. This understanding can further assist in designing measures to help the retiring army personnel during resettlement program in dealing with their personality profile that influence to their life satisfaction at middle-age retirement.
Personality, Life satisfaction, Army veterans, Malaysia, Structural equation modelling, Partial Least Squares (PLS)
