Due to the obvious rise in the price of palm fruit in the international market, it is widely known that the oil palm plantation industry contributes to the recovery of the country's economy. One of the key factors for the stability of the Malaysian economy is the expansion of the palm oil sector. Low personality has become an issue that employees must address if they are to improve their performance. Low personality has become a problem that employees must deal with if they want to improve performance. Although this issue requires more attention, there are not enough studies on it, especially those that focus on regular workers in Malaysia's plantation industry. Therefore, the objectives of this paper are to identify the level of personality, leadership behavior and job performance among plantation workers in Sarawak. The plantation industry in Sarawak, Malaysia will be the location of this study. For this study,
200 general workers from Sarawak's plantation industry were selected as respondents. The
Mini-International Personality Item Pool (IPIP), Transformational Leadership, and the Individual Work Performance Questionnaire (IWPQ) will be used for this study. Data were analyzed by descriptive statistics (mean and standard deviation) using Statistical Package for Science and Social Sciences (SPSS) version 26. The results of this study show that the level of personality, leadership behavior and job performance is high. The results of this study will serve as a guide to improve job performance, especially in the plantation industry of Malaysia. Therefore, it is advisable to expand the study population in future studies.
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