Examination of Personality Traits as Predictors of Career Success
Journal Title: International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences - Year 2017, Vol 7, Issue 10
Abstract
This study was designed to investigate the relationships between personality traits (Big Five Personality Traits) and career success and aimed to determine if the personality traits can predict career success variables. Personality traits are measured by five characteristics: neuroticism, extroversion, openness, agreeableness and conscientiousness, whereas career success comprise of objective or extrinsic (e.g., pay) and subjective or intrinsic (e.g., job satisfaction and career satisfaction) 118 employees from the general sector located in Damascus are given questionnaires and their responses are analyzed by SPSS program. Results show that, all personality dimensions are significantly related to career success but with different levels.
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Ammar Hussein
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- DOI 10.6007/IJARBSS/v7-i10/3409
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