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Warlick, Craig A.; Ingram, Paul B.; Multon, Karen D.; Vuyk, M. Alexandra – Journal of Career Development, 2017
Religion is a shaping force in the world today, increasingly expressed and integral to the flow and function of the workplace. The relationship between religious identity and work function is clearly present. However, no lines of research have explored how religion explains the variations in vocational interest, despite speculation that it does…
Descriptors: Religious Factors, Vocational Interests, World Views, Beliefs
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Farag, Magdy S.; Elias, Rafik Z. – Accounting Education, 2016
Professional skepticism is an essential component of every successful audit. Research in psychology identified the trait professional skepticism as an enduring personality construct. The current study examines the relationship between the Big Five personality characteristics and accounting students' trait professional skepticism and their level of…
Descriptors: Accounting, Socialization, Correlation, Personality Traits
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Atli, Abdullah – Eurasian Journal of Educational Research, 2017
Purpose: This study aims to determine the predictive strength of personality traits based on the five-factor theory on the level of career maturity Research Methods: The sample of the study included a total of 429 high school students, 248 females (57.8%) and 181 males (42.2%). The study utilized the "Career Maturity Scale" to determine…
Descriptors: High School Students, Personality Traits, Measures (Individuals), Neurosis
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Reynolds, John H.; Adams, D. Robert; Ferguson, Roger C.; Leidig, Paul M. – Information Systems Education Journal, 2017
For the past several years, there has been an increase in the number of job opportunities in the computing field. As a result, many schools and universities are facing a significant increase in the number of students seeking to major in one of several computing disciplines. This increase in the numbers and variety of majors in the computing field…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Majors (Students), Computer Science Education, Higher Education
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Jugovic, Ivana; Marusic, Iris; Ivanec, Tea Pavin; Vidovic, Vlasta Vizek – Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 2012
The study presents results founded upon the Factors Influencing Teaching Choice scale validation and the relations between personality traits and motivation for teaching in Croatia. A sample of 374 first-year preservice teachers from three universities participated in the study. Confirmatory factor analysis of the items comprising the Croatian…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Personality Traits, Teaching (Occupation), Incentives
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Hartman, Robert O.; Betz, Nancy E. – Journal of Career Assessment, 2007
The present study investigates the hypothesis that the big five personality factors could exert two kinds of effects on career self-efficacy: (a) generalized or nonspecific effects and (b) domain-specific, content-correspondence effects. The hypothesis is examined using relationships of the NEO Five-Factor Inventory to 24 distinct domains of…
Descriptors: Personality, Self Efficacy, Factor Analysis, Career Choice