Personality and attitudes toward school and work

Thesis (M.A., Psychology (Counseling Psychology)) -- California State University, Sacramento, 2013.The relationship between personality and school and job performance has been studied extensively; however, results of these studies are inconsistent and previous studies have focused almost exclusively on either academic or job performance. The current study examined the relationship between personality traits as measured by the Personality Research Form, Form E (Jackson, 1974) and attitudes toward school and work as measured by the Goal Orientation Scale (Midgley et al., 1998) and the Multidimensional Work Ethic Profile (MWEP) (Miller, Woehr, & Hudspeth, 2002). Canonical correlation analysis demonstrated that individuals who were less motivated and highly concerned about their reputation had a higher level of desire to avoid demonstrating lack of ability in comparison with others. The current study provides important information relating to attitudes toward school and work and can be utilized for further explorations.Psychology (Counseling Psychology