Abstract

PINTO, Lariana Paula; NORONHA, Ana Paula Porto  and  RUEDA, Fabián Javier Marín. ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN WORK VALUES, PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS AND PERSONALITY TRAITS. Cienc. Psicol. [online]. 2017, vol.11, n.1, pp.57-65. ISSN 1688-4094.  https://doi.org/10.22235/cp.v11i2.1347.

This study aimed to investigate associations between vocational interests, personality traits and work values. 281 students participated, with a mean age of 23.97, from business administration, psychology, philosophy and theology, of the state of São Paulo. Three instruments (Scale Work Values Assessment, Search Quiz Self-Addressed and Battery Personality Factor) were use. The results indicated that the social responsibility and management factors explained the interests Realistic, Social, Conventional and Artistic, with an explained variance between 2% and 18%. With respect to personality traits as predictors of working values, results showed values between 9% and 33%, with ‘Competence’ as the most present facet in the models. The results are discussed according to the literature.

Keywords : psychological assessment; work values; professional guides; personality traits.

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