The relationship of personality constructs and background history to career success.
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Title
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The relationship of personality constructs and background history to career success.
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Identifier
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AAI8820884
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identifier
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8820884
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Creator
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Nicol, Marjorie Carmichael.
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Contributor
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Adviser: Alan Gross
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Date
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1988
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Education, Guidance and Counseling
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Abstract
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The present study considers the problem of guiding college students toward an appropriate major and graduates toward a suitable career. It was hypothesized that a personality test could be predictive of success (success being defined as a construct of income, career satisfaction, and career interest); and that the background history of a person could also be predictive of success. It was assumed that males and females would show different characteristics that would be predictive of success and that different careers would have different predictors of success.;Personality tests are rarely used today for college major or career guidance. Although many personality tests exist, in the late 1960s and all of the 1970s, they were considered to be discriminatory for selection of employees and apparently for career choice as well. A relatively few psychologists did research in this field until the 1980s. The present method widely used by career counselors is the career interest test.;In the present study of employed salespeople, administrators and managers, a commercial personality test, the Merritt Evaluation, was taken by 813 males and 45 females. A factor analysis of the 53 personality variables indicated 10 personality factors. From an available questionnaire form, 8 background history variables were chosen. Results of multiple regression studies supported the hypothesis that the personality test and background history variables, used separately or together, significantly predicted monetary success; that the personality test significantly revealed the career interest; that the combination of the personality test and background history variables showed some degree of prediction of career satisfaction.;The assumption that men and women would have different personality factors and background history variables leading to success was shown to be valid; the assumption that different careers would have different predictors of career success was also shown, i.e., separation into career groups (managers, administrators, tangible salespeople, and intangible salespeople), increased multiple correlations.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
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degree
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Ph.D.
