Short-term personality development and early career success: Two longitudinal studies during the post-graduation transition

IF 5 1区心理学 Q1 Psychology

Journal of Personality Pub Date : 2024-03-12 DOI:10.1111/jopy.12922

Mary-Louise Hotze, Zihan Liu, Chu Chu, Erica Baranski, Kevin A. Hoff

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Abstract

Objective

Investigate short-term personality development during the post-graduation transition.

Background

Prior research indicates that long-term personality development matters for employment outcomes. However, this evidence is primarily limited to multi-year longitudinal studies. This research switches the focus to personality changes during a shorter, impactful life transition.

Method

We examined how short-term personality development during the 14-month post-graduation transition relates to early career outcomes among two diverse samples of graduates from universities (N = 816) and community colleges (N = 567). We used latent growth curve models to examine associations between career outcomes measured 14 months after graduation with initial personality levels and personality changes.

Results

Results revealed that mean-level changes in personality were small and mostly negative. Moreover, individual differences in personality changes were not associated with career outcomes. However, initial levels of conscientiousness, emotional stability, and extraversion positively related to both subjective and objective career success. Initial levels of agreeableness were also positively related to subjective (but not objective) success.

Conclusions

Findings indicate that individual differences in personality trait levels at graduation are stronger predictors of early career success compared to short-term personality changes during the post-graduation transition. Taken together, these results help define the time sequence through which personality changes relate to career outcomes.

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短期人格发展与早期职业成功：毕业后过渡时期的两项纵向研究。

目的：调查毕业后过渡时期的短期人格发展：背景：研究毕业后过渡时期的短期人格发展：背景：先前的研究表明，长期人格发展对就业结果很重要。然而，这些证据主要局限于多年纵向研究。本研究将重点转向较短的、有影响的人生过渡时期的人格变化：我们研究了大学毕业生（816 人）和社区学院毕业生（567 人）两个不同样本在毕业后 14 个月过渡期内的短期人格发展与早期职业生涯结果的关系。我们使用潜在成长曲线模型来研究毕业 14 个月后的职业结果与初始人格水平和人格变化之间的关联：结果显示，人格的平均水平变化较小，且大多为负向变化。此外，人格变化的个体差异与职业结果无关。然而，自觉性、情绪稳定性和外向性的初始水平与主观和客观的职业成功都呈正相关。宜人性的初始水平也与主观（但非客观）成功正相关：研究结果表明，与毕业后过渡时期的短期人格变化相比，毕业时人格特质水平的个体差异更能预测早期职业成功。综合来看，这些结果有助于确定人格变化与职业生涯结果相关的时间顺序。

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来源期刊

Journal of Personality PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL-

CiteScore

9.60

自引率

6.00%

发文量

100

期刊介绍： Journal of Personality publishes scientific investigations in the field of personality. It focuses particularly on personality and behavior dynamics, personality development, and individual differences in the cognitive, affective, and interpersonal domains. The journal reflects and stimulates interest in the growth of new theoretical and methodological approaches in personality psychology.