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Fallan, Lars; Opstad, Leiv – International Journal of Higher Education, 2016
The present study examines the self-efficacy levels and self-efficacy strength for male and female students in a course in Principle of Economics. The groups of male and female students may be mutually heterogeneous when it comes to personality types in a business school (Fallan & Opstad, 2014). This study does not treat the gender groups as…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Personality Traits, College Students, Gender Differences
Burrs, Ashley – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Some researchers suggest the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) is biased toward certain personality types. Extant literature lacked examination of personality constructs and their relationship with SAT scores of the newly revised SAT. The purpose of this study was two-fold. First, this study examined the relationship between the Sensing and Intuition…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Personality Traits, Personality Measures, Gender Differences
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Fallan, Lars; Opstad, Leiv – Accounting Education, 2014
This study questions whether the contradictory results from previous studies of gender and performance in accounting is because gender has no mutually homogeneous groups. A combination of gender and personality types will provide a more balanced picture of academic performance in accounting. There are three main findings in this study: the…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Personality Traits, Accounting, Academic Achievement
Golden, Thomas Courtenay – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The college choice requires the adolescent to gather and synthesize vast amounts of information, reconcile sometimes competing personal and familial goals, and manage a range of emotions. This decision process represents a major developmental crisis with which the adolescent must cope. Scholars have noted that psychological strain and heightened…
Descriptors: Extraversion Introversion, College Choice, Prediction, Personality