The Nexus Between the Big Five Personality Traits Model of the Digital Economy and Blockchain Technology Influencing Organization Psychology

Yu Dan; Alim Al Ayub Ahmed; Supat Chupradit; Priyanut Wutti Chupradit; Abdelmohsen A Nassani; Mohamed Haffar

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2021.780527

The Nexus Between the Big Five Personality Traits Model of the Digital Economy and Blockchain Technology Influencing Organization Psychology

Front Psychol. 2021 Nov 25:12:780527. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.780527. eCollection 2021.

Authors

Yu Dan^{1

2}, Alim Al Ayub Ahmed³, Supat Chupradit⁴, Priyanut Wutti Chupradit⁵, Abdelmohsen A Nassani⁶, Mohamed Haffar⁷

Affiliations

¹ Department of Basic Education, Sichuan Film and Television University, Chengdu, China.
² Department of Management, SEGi University Kota Damansara, Kota Damansara, Malaysia.
³ School of Accounting, Jiujiang University, Jiujiang, China.
⁴ Department of Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Associated Medical Sciences, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
⁵ Educational Psychology and Guidance, Department of Educational Foundations and Development, Faculty of Education, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
⁶ Department of Management, College of Business Administration, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
⁷ Department of Management, Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom.

Abstract

The basic aim of the study was to understand the role of the Big Five model of personality in predicting emotional intelligence and consequently in triggering the entrepreneurial behavior of the employees. The emotional intelligence of the individuals plays a very important role in decision making, enhancement of quality of living, and many other social realms. Hence, the intelligent use of emotions can make or break an individual's future considering their attitude toward exploiting the entrepreneurial opportunities available. This study has measured the impact of personality traits on emotional intelligence and EI's role in digital entrepreneurial behavior. The population used in this study was the middle management employees in the corporate sector of the mainland in China. The sample size taken in this study was 260 and selected through convenient sampling. The data was collected through a structured questionnaire measuring each variable. The data collected was employed to SmartPLS 3.3 for analyzing through structural equation modeling to measure the hypotheses. The study has found the partial effect of the Big Five model of personality on emotional intelligence, which significantly predicted the digital entrepreneurial behavior of the employees. The organizations can use the study findings to anticipate the employees' possible prospects and endeavors regarding their digital entrepreneurial behaviors.

Keywords: Big Five model; block chain technology; digital economy; digital entrepreneur; organizational psychology.