Abstract
Performance evaluation is the key area in every era of research and it is influenced through a lot of factors well. As far as the performance of employees is concerned, employee’s personality is the crucial component for organizations success because it influences the performance of employees. This paper investigates the impact of personality traits (Neuroticism, Extraversion, Openness, Agreeableness and Conscientiousness) on employee performance which is measured through quality work, discipline and attention, cooperation among colleagues, responsibility for results and initiative. This study collected data through semi-structured interview which was transcribed for further analysis. The sample includes 12 respondents from the financial and non-financial sector. The respondents were approached through convenient sampling method. QSR Nvivo-10 software was used for data analysis in this study. The study concludes that the big five personality traits have significant impact on the performance of the employees whereas Extraversion, Openness, Agreeableness and Conscientiousness have positive and significant impact on employee performance.