ABSTRACT
This chapter aims to analyze to what extent the workplace and the changes observed in this affect the personality traits of people in the workplace and their levels of productivity. It identifies the factors that form labor productivity and job performance in general. The chapter presents the notion of personality traits in the workplace and the role of the connection between organizational culture and the personal traits of the workforce for effective business operation. It also presents the relationship between personality traits and productivity, as well as whether personality traits change after conditions of economic crisis and business distress. Business distress is considered a crisis that threatens the viability of an enterprise, which may result from both the business itself and the conditions of the external environment. Business distress directly affects the beliefs, attitudes and behavior of the workforce. Given that productivity is the product per employee, during an economic crisis or business distress, productivity is expected to grow.
