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The Architecture of Personality in the Context of Work

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dc.contributor.authorHoffner, Rebecca Annen
dc.contributor.committeechairHauenstein, Neil M. A.en
dc.contributor.committeememberFoti, Roseanne J.en
dc.contributor.committeememberStephens, Robert S.en
dc.contributor.departmentPsychologyen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:44:38Zen
dc.date.adate2006-10-12en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:44:38Zen
dc.date.issued2006-05-01en
dc.date.rdate2006-10-12en
dc.date.sdate2006-09-01en
dc.description.abstractThe 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.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.identifier.otheretd-09012006-210944en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-09012006-210944/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/34885en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartHoffner_Thesis_Final.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectSelf-efficacyen
dc.subjectKAPAen
dc.subjectPersonalityen
dc.titleThe Architecture of Personality in the Context of Worken
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.disciplinePsychologyen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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