The role of personality in the selection of a major: With and without vocational self-efficacy and interests
| Autor: | Donna C. Bailey, Fred H. Borgen, Tsui Feng Wu, Lisa M. Larson, Verena S. Bonitz, Courtney E. Gasser |
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| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
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Self-efficacy
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management media_common.quotation_subject Alternative five model of personality Multidimensional Personality Questionnaire Big Five personality traits and culture Education Personality Personality Assessment Inventory Big Five personality traits Life-span and Life-course Studies Psychology Social psychology Strong Interest Inventory Applied Psychology Clinical psychology media_common |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Vocational Behavior. 76:211-222 |
| ISSN: | 0001-8791 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jvb.2009.10.007 |
| Popis: | The purpose of this study is to examine the role of personality traits measured by the Multidimensional Personality Questionnaire (MPQ; Tellegen, 2000 , Tellegen and Waller, 2008 ) in selecting educational majors. Personality traits were examined alone, and with the combination of Holland’s hexagonal confidence domains, as measured by the general confidence themes (GCT) of the Skills Confidence Inventory (SCI; Betz, Borgen, & Harmon, 2005 ), and Holland’s interest domains, as measured by the general occupational themes (GOTs) of the 2005 Strong Interest Inventory (SII; Donnay, Morris, Schaubhut, & Thompson, 2005 ). Personality traits significantly contributed to the discrimination of nine educational major families in a sample of 368 undergraduate decided students. When the set of confidence and interest scales was added to the personality traits, the conservative jack knife hit rate was almost doubled. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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