The purpose of this study is to explore relationship of personality with career stages in different groups of school teachers
selected from different school of Kolkata, India. 160 data were obtained from the school teachers of Kolkata. Career Stage Scale
developed by McCormick, & Barnett, (2008) and NEO five factor questionnaire (Costa & McCrae, 1992) had been used in this
study. Findings revealed that openness to change, agreeableness and conscientiousness are significantly and positively correlated
with all the career stages whereas neuroticism is negatively and significantly correlated with stocktaking and disengagement
stages and extraversion is positively and significantly correlated with stabilization and disengagement stages. Stepwise regression
analysis indicated that all the career stages were significantly predicted by different personality traits. This study highlighted that
teachers on different career stages are often characterized as having more positive personality traits like openness to change,
agreeableness and conscientiousness and lesser negative traits like neuroticism.