Exploring the link between students’ Big5 personality test and design project performance

This paper investigates the relationship between Big5 scores (individual and team level) and team design project performance in SUTD’s “Introduction to Design” course. Study reveals that team’s final project grades have statistically significant positive correlation with higher team’s mean “Conscientiousness”, but negative correlation with within-team variety of “Neuroticism” and “Conscientiousness”. At individual level, “Conscientiousness” shown positive correlation with the students’ grades. However, further qualitative study is needed to understand the reasoning behind the correlation.