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Personality preferences and career expectations of Finnish business students

Järlström, Maria - In: Career Development International 5 (2000) 3, pp. 144-154

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between the personality and career expectations of business … students. The sample consisted of 533 business students. Personality was administered using the F‐version (the Finnish research … reported. The main research question was: how are business students’ personality preferences and career expectations related to …

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Linking pre‐ and post‐merger identities through the concept of career

Millward, Lynne; Kyriakidou, Olympia - In: Career Development International 9 (2004) 1, pp. 12-27

This paper looks at the challenges to identity at both individual and organizational levels of analysis, posed specifically by merger‐induced change. Merger‐induced change can seriously challenge processes of identification, by disrupting cognitive alignments and emotional attachments. An...

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Personality predictors of participation as a mentor

Niehoff, Brian P. - In: Career Development International 11 (2006) 4, pp. 321-333

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to focus on the personality characteristics of mentors. Design …/methodology/approach – The five factor model of personality was used to examine relationships between personality and participation as a mentor …. A sample of 194 practicing veterinarians were surveyed on the five factor model of personality and a scale assessing …

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Workaholic, or just hard worker?

Douglas, Evan J.; Morris, Robyn J. - In: Career Development International 11 (2006) 5, pp. 394-417

Purpose – There is a lack of theoretical development on the question of why people work long hours and the nature of “workaholism”. This paper seeks to demonstrate a variety of reasons that induce a person to work “excessively”. Design/methodology/approach – This paper discerns three...

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Workaholism, organizational life and well‐being of Norwegian nursing staff

Burke, Ronald J.; Berge Matthiesen, Stig; Pallesen, Stale - In: Career Development International 11 (2006) 5, pp. 463-477

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship of individual difference personality characteristics … personality factors, workaholism components and work life factors with both job satisfaction and burnout; health complaints were … only predicted by personality factors. Practical implications – Future research must examine the generalizability of these …

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Beyond being proactive: what (else) matters for career self‐management behaviors?

Chiaburu, Dan S.; Baker, Vicki L.; Pitariu, Adrian H. - In: Career Development International 11 (2006) 7, pp. 619-632

Purpose – This study aims to investigate the relationship between proactive personality and career self … employees in one work organization, analyzed using regression analysis. Findings – Proactive personality is positively related … to career self‐management behaviors. Career resilience mediates this relationship. In addition, proactive personality and …

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The influence of personality traits and persuasive messages on entrepreneurial intention

de Pillis, Emmeline; Reardon, Kathleen K. - In: Career Development International 12 (2007) 4, pp. 382-396

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine persuasion and personality variables as predictors of entrepreneurial …

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Political choices: the role of political skill in occupational choice

Kaplan, David M. - In: Career Development International 13 (2008) 1, pp. 46-55

Purpose – The purpose of this article is to investigate how political skill relates to career decisions and occupational fit. Design/methodology/approach – The study utilizes undergraduate business majors to determine how their level of political skill influences their choice of career/major...

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Roles of personality, vocational interests, academic achievement and socio‐cultural factors in educational aspirations of secondary school adolescents in southwestern Nigeria

Salami, Samuel O. - In: Career Development International 13 (2008) 7, pp. 630-647

Purpose – This paper seeks to examine the roles of personality, vocational interests, academic achievement and some …. Data personality, vocational interests, academic achievement, socio‐cultural factors and educational aspiration were … that specific personality, interest dimensions, academic achievement, socio‐economic status and demands from extended …

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Personality, social relationships, and vocational indecision among college students

Ng, Thomas W.H.; Feldman, Daniel C. - In: Career Development International 14 (2009) 4, pp. 309-332

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationships of personality traits and interpersonal … five‐month period. Findings – Personality traits (e.g. locus of control and positive affectivity) and interpersonal …

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