Universität zu Köln

Nieß, Christiane (2014). Reciprocal Influences between Personality Traits and Career Transitions. PhD thesis, Universität zu Köln.

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Abstract

The contribution of this dissertation is twofold. First, it aims to advance existing knowledge on the role of personality traits in explaining work-related outcomes. The focus of this first contribution lies on the effect that different personality traits have on actual career transitions, such as starting one’s own business or changing one’s job into hierarchically higher positions. Second, it challenges our current understanding of personality as an immutable disposition that is regarded solely as a predictor of work-related outcomes. More specifically, it examines whether personality traits not only predict, but also follow from certain career transitions, including self-employment, upward job changes into managerial and professional positions, unemployment, and reemployment. By investigating such reciprocal influences between personality traits and career transitions, I hope to advance our understanding of the dynamic role that personality plays at work.

Item Type:	Thesis (PhD thesis)
Translated title:	Title Language Wechselwirkungen zwischen Persönlichkeitsdispositionen und beruflichen Veränderungen German
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Nieß, Christiane christiane.niess@gmail.com UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
Contributors:	Contribution Name Email Author in quotations or text extracts Biemann, Torsten UNSPECIFIED Author in quotations or text extracts Zacher, Hannes UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-57765
Date:	30 September 2014
Language:	English
Faculty:	Faculty of Management, Economy and Social Sciences
Divisions:	Ehemalige Fakultäten, Institute, Seminare > Faculty of Management, Economy and Social Sciences > no entry
Subjects:	Psychology Management and auxiliary services
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language Personality UNSPECIFIED Career Transitions UNSPECIFIED
Date of oral exam:	19 September 2014
Referee:	Name Academic Title Biemann, Torsten Prof. Dr. Sliwka, Dirk Prof. Dr.
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/5776