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In this study, we examined this association among 21,173 individuals with CHCs and whether this association differs between individuals suffering from a heart disease, depression, anxiety, cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, musculoskeletal disease (MSD) and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Methods: This study was conducted using baseline data from the Lifelines Cohort Study. Employment status and the presence of CHCs were determined by questionnaire data. The Revised Neuroticism-Extroversion-Openness Personality Inventory (NEO-PI-R) was used to measure eight personality facet traits. We conducted disease-generic and disease-specific logistic regression analyses. Results: Workers with higher scores on self-consciousness (OR: 1.02; 95% CI: 1.01\u20131.02), impulsivity (1.03; 1.02\u20131.04), excitement seeking (1.02; 1.01\u20131.02), competence (1.08; 1.07\u20131.10) and self-discipline (1.04; 1.03\u20131.05) were more often employed. Adults with higher scores on anger-hostility (0.97; 0.97\u20130.98), vulnerability (0.98; 0.97\u20130.99), and deliberation (0.96; 0.95\u20130.97) were least often employed. Personality facets were associated strongest with employment status among individuals suffering from MSD and weakest in individuals with T2DM. Conclusions: Personality might be a key resource to continue working despite having a CHC. 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