%0 Journal Article
%T Personality and Gender as Predictors of Academic Choices: A Comparative Study of Business and Non-Business Students
%A Khuram Shahzad
%J International Journal of Management and Organizational Studies
%D 2013
%I Society of Management and Human Resource Development
%X The impact of personal factors on academic and professional preferences has been the topic of a number of researches. But there is a dearth of studies on comparative analysis of such traits with reference to academic choices of business and non-business students. This study aims to identify if gender and personality explain difference in business and non-business students¡¯ academic programs choices. 254 undergraduate students from schools of business and economics (business) and schools of engineering and technology (non-business) responded to this survey. Results revealed the significant impact of big five personality traits on students¡¯ selection of business or non-business degree programs. Students from business major scored high for extroversion and emotional stability, but they scored low on agreeableness, conscientiousness, and openness. The difference in business and non-business academic preferences in terms of gender was also found significant
%K Personality Traits
%K Big Five Model. Gender differences
%K Business majors
%K Non-Business Majors
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