How our work influences who we are: Testing a theory of vocational and personality development over fifty years

• Main Authors: WOODS, Stephen A., EDMONDS, Grant W., HAMPSON, Sarah E., LIEVENS, Filip
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2020
• Subjects: Personality Development; Personality Trait Change; Vocational Development; Corresponsive Mechanism; Big Five; Holland RIASEC; Person-Environment Fit; Trait Activation; Industrial and Organizational Psychology; Personality and Social Contexts
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/6510; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/7509/viewcontent/Woods_Edmonds_Hampson_Lievens_2020_JRP_SI_Vocational_Personality_Development.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

This study examines the developmental influences of occupational environments on personality traits from childhood to adulthood. We test aspects of a theory of vocational and personality development, proposing that traits develop in response to work experience following corresponsive and noncorrespo...