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Larson, Lisa M.; Wu, Tsui Feng; Bailey, Donna C.; Gasser, Courtney E.; Bonitz, Verena S.; Borgen, Fred H. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2010
The purpose of this study is to examine the role of personality traits measured by the Multidimensional Personality Questionnaire (MPQ; [Tellegen, 2000] and [Tellegen and Waller, 2008]) in selecting educational majors. Personality traits were examined alone, and with the combination of Holland's hexagonal confidence domains, as measured by the…
Descriptors: Education Majors, Selection, Personality Traits, Role