The relationship between personality and employability

Ottino, Samantha Ron-Leigh

dc.contributor.advisor	Coetzee, Sanet
dc.contributor.author	Ottino, Samantha Ron-Leigh
dc.date.accessioned	2011-09-19T06:18:21Z
dc.date.available	2011-09-19T06:18:21Z
dc.date.issued	2010-11
dc.identifier.citation	Ottino, Samantha Ron-Leigh (2010) The relationship between personality and employability, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/4780>	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10500/4780
dc.description.abstract	The primary objective of this study was to explore the relationship between personality and employability using a sample of 100 employees at a meat producing company in South Africa. A secondary objective was to determine if personality could be used to predict employability, and whether individuals from different demographic groups differed regarding their employability. The instruments used were the sixteen personality factor inventory (16PF) and the Van Der Heidje employability measure. The research findings indicated that the personality factors of submissiveness and seriousness correlated to the employability dimensions of anticipation/ optimization and occupational expertise respectively. Openness and corporate sense were also correlated, with anxiety in particular correlating with the overall employability measure. Differences between the race groups and employability were also noted. Particular interventions aimed at improving individual career decision making and employability practices within the organisation concluded the study.	en
dc.format.extent	1 online resource (56 leaves) : illustrations
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.subject	Career transitions	en
dc.subject	Adaptability	en
dc.subject	Dispositional employability	en
dc.subject	Personality traits	en
dc.title	The relationship between personality and employability	en
dc.type	Thesis	en
dc.description.degree	M.A. (Industrial and Organisational Psychology)