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Emotional Intelligence And Optimistic Cognitive Style In Certainty In Career Decision Making, Victoria Alexander, Dee Bartrum, Richard Hicks
Emotional Intelligence And Optimistic Cognitive Style In Certainty In Career Decision Making, Victoria Alexander, Dee Bartrum, Richard Hicks
Richard Hicks
The current study tested whether Trait Emotional Intelligence variables and Optimistic Cognitive Style together predicted feelings of certainty in career decision making. Few studies have examined the effects of trait emotional intelligence or life style orientation on career choice, and no study has been found that combined both the life orientation (optimism) and the trait emotional intelligence domains and facets: this current study examined the relative weights of these facets and lifestyle orientation in relation to career certainty. Participants were from a convenience sample of 142 university students who completed a paper-and-pencil survey containing the following measures: the Life Orientation …