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Personality Traits In Australian Business Graduates And Implications For Organizational Effectiveness, Denise A. Jackson
Personality Traits In Australian Business Graduates And Implications For Organizational Effectiveness, Denise A. Jackson
Research outputs 2014 to 2021
The Five-Factor model is widely accepted as a robust model of personality that influences workplace behaviour and performance. Given evidence of persistent skills gaps in Australia, it is important to explore personality traits in business graduates to understand whether they have the necessary characteristics to enable the country to perform successfully nationally and to compete on a global level, particularly during periods of economic uncertainty. This study examines personality traits in 674 Australian business graduates, using the Ten-Item Personality Inventory (TIPI), and variations in traits across demographic/background characteristics. The results indicate that graduates are relatively high in extroversion, conscientiousness and …