| Type of Document |
Master's Thesis |
| Author |
Hoffner, Rebecca Ann
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| URN |
etd-09012006-210944 |
| Title |
The Architecture of Personality in the Context of Work |
| Degree |
Master of Science |
| Department |
Psychology |
| Advisory Committee |
| Advisor Name |
Title |
| Hauenstein, Neil M. A. |
Committee Chair |
| Foti, Roseanne J. |
Committee Member |
| Stephens, Robert S. |
Committee Member |
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| Keywords |
- Self-Efficacy
- KAPA
- Personality
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| Date of Defense |
2006-05-01 |
| Availability |
unrestricted |
Abstract
The purpose of the present study was to replicate Cervone's (2004) study, specifically for a work context. By focusing on the context of work, I believe that a "situationally-sensitive" nomothetic measure of personality for predicting job performance can be developed. My findings indicate that participants were able to identify self-relevant attributes in the context of work and then rate the relevance of each self-relevant attribute to work situations, such that the scores of the self-efficacy items related to those situations rated as relevant correspond with the self-relevant characteristics that were originally identified. Also, the data suggest that while there are several instances of idiosyncrasy in self-perception, there are also many commonalities in both the characteristics believed to be self-relevant and the situations to which those characteristics are relevant. This finding opens up the possibility of using an alternative strategy to develop a nomothetic measure of personality based on idiographic methods.
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