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Kaiser, Heather Alicia Ciesielski. "Religious identity development and personality /." Available to subscribers only, 2005. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1208130001&sid=21&Fmt=2&clientId=1509&RQT=309&VName=PQD.

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Gilson, Gregory C. "Spiritual development by personality type." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2003. http://www.tren.com.

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Creswell, Amy. "Biblical analyses of various psychological systems." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2000. http://www.tren.com.

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Geise, Aaron C. "Personal growth and personality development well-being and ego development /." Diss., Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri-Columbia, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10355/5667.

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Thesis (M.A.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2008.
The entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file (which also appears in the research.pdf); a non-technical general description, or public abstract, appears in the public.pdf file. Title from title screen of research.pdf file (viewed on August 12, 2009) Includes bibliographical references.

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Owens, Courtney Elizabeth. "Development of a model of work-personality." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2019. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/development-of-a-model-of-workpersonality(0f2e4027-3bac-4200-b6b6-29597fbfabeb).html.

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Personality is important to job performance; meta-analyses published over the years repeatedly showed that self-rated personality traits can significantly predict overall job performance (Barrick & Mount, 1991; Barrick, Mount, & Judge, 2001). Despite their significance, these same meta-analyses, generally showed personality only had a small effect on overall job performance. The exception was conscientiousness, which had a less than medium effect. However, there is also a growing body of evidence suggesting that other-ratings of personality can show higher concurrent validities than self-ratings. Meta-analytic results showed that personality can have a large effect on overall job performance, if the personality traits are rated by others (Connelly & Ones, 2010). Moreover, concurrent validities increased when utilising narrow measures of both personality (Judge, Rodell, Klinger, Simon, & Crawford, 2013) and job performance (Bartram, 2005). In this study, the author examined the suggestion from meta-analyses that observer-ratings, rather than self-ratings, provide greater explanatory power when predicting job performance. Further, the concurrent validities of using narrow personality traits (facets) as predictors of narrow measures of job performance were investigated. This study comprised 1,041 participants, of which 92% were employed in a UK police organisation. Employees provided self-ratings and identified two co-workers and a manager who could provide other-ratings of personality and job performance. Online questionnaires measured 71 personality facets of the 11+ Factor Model (Irwing & Booth, 2013) and Bartram's (2005) Great Eight factors of job performance. Arguably the most comprehensive measure of personality, the 11+ Factor Model is comprised of 11 factors and 74 facets. Items from the International Personality Item Pool (IPIP; Goldberg, 1999) were utilised to create scales for each of the 74 personality facets. A planned missing data design was implemented to improve response rates (Graham, Taylor, Olchowski, & Cumsille, 2006). Measurement models were estimated first, followed by testing of the structural models (J. C. Anderson & Gerbing, 1988) to estimate the combined effects of personality facets on each of the job performance outcomes. Since cross-validation is a powerful approach for evaluating models (Millsap & Meredith, 2007), all models were cross-validated on two datasets. Fifty-two personality facets were identified and cross-validated. Some of these facets provided superior prediction over factors, when predicting narrow measures of job performance. The facets of integrity, leadership, harm avoidance and empathy explained much of the variance in the Great Eight job competencies. In some cases, self-ratings of personality provided superior prediction over other-ratings.

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Carlson, Marianne. "Trait inferences from descriptions of behavior when some trait-specific information is withheld." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/28872.

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Shebaya, Mariam. "Leadership development : the role of developmental readiness, personality dispositions,and individual values." Thesis, Aston University, 2011. http://publications.aston.ac.uk/16039/.

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Increased awareness of the crucial role of leadership as a competitive advantage for organisations (McCall, 1998; Petrick, Scherer, Brodzinski, Quinn, & Ainina, 1999) has led to billions spent on leadership development programmes and training (Avolio & Hannah, 2008). However, research reports confusing and contradictory evidence regarding return on investment and developmental outcomes, and a lot of variance has been observed across studies (Avolio, Reichard, Hannah, Walumbwa, & Chan, 2009). The purpose of this thesis is to understand the mechanisms underlying this variability in leadership development. Of the many factors at play in the process, such as programme design and delivery, organisational support, and perceptions of relevance (Mabey, 2002; Day, Harrison, & Halpin, 2009), individual differences and characteristics stand out. One way in which individuals differ is in their Developmental Readiness (DR), a concept recently introduced in the literature that may well explain this variance and which has been proposed to accelerate development (Avolio & Hannah, 2008, 2009). Building on previous work, DR is introduced and conceptualised somewhat differently. In this study, DR is construed of self-awareness, self-regulation, and self-motivation, proposed by Day (2000) to be the backbones of leadership development. DR is suggested to moderate the developmental process. Furthermore, personality dispositions and individual values are proposed to be precursors of DR. The empirical research conducted uses a pre-test post-test quasi-experimental design. Before conducting the study, though, both a measure of Developmental Readiness and a competency profiling measure are tested in two pilot studies. Results do not find evidence of a direct effect of leadership development programmes on development, but do support an interactive effect between DR and leadership development programmes. Personality dispositions Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, and Openness to Experience and value orientations Conservation, Open, and Closed Orientation are found to significantly predict DR. Finally, the theoretical and practical implications of findings are discussed.

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Makin, P. J. "Career development, personality, and commitment to the organisation." Thesis, University of Bradford, 1987. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.376690.

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Alves, Ballón Tedesqui Rafael. "Personality, Deliberate Practice, and Expertise Development in Sport." Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/38702.

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Conscientiousness-related personality traits are relevant predictors of many outcomes in achievement domains outside sport. They have also been associated with several outcomes in sport, however, their relative role on athletes’ deliberate practice (DP) and other criteria of expertise development has not been investigated. The overall aim of this dissertation was to examine the role of conscientiousness-related traits on sport expertise development. It had six specific purposes: (a) to examine the structural validity of conscientiousness-related measures; (b) to understand whether athletes’ DP amounts, skill level, and other criteria of expertise development could be predicted by these measures; (c) to identify the best personality predictor and combination of predictors that explained the maximal variance in different criteria of expertise development; (d) to examine whether grit facets predicted athletes’ practice engagement across a demanding sport season; (e) to explore coaches’ perspectives on the behavioural indicators of conscientious, gritty, and self-controlled athletes in training; and (f) to explore coaches’ views about how these personality traits may impact athletes’ quantity and quality of practice and development toward higher skill levels. The dissertation used a sequential explanatory mixed-methods design, wherein Phase 1 (Articles 1, 2, and 3) quantitatively pursued purposes (a) to (c), Phase 2 (Article 4) addressed (d), and Phase 3 (Article 5) qualitatively addressed (e) and (f). Article 1 tested the factor structure of the Brief Self-Control Scale in sport and showed distinct associations between self-control variables and (a) sport-specific practice amounts, (b) engagement in various practice contexts, and (c) threats to commitment to one’s sport, in a diverse sport sample. Article 2 conducted factor analyses of the Grit Scale in sport and examined a full latent variable model showing associations between grit variables and several criteria of expertise development. In particular, perseverance of effort associated with athletes’ weekly amounts of DP, engagement in different practice contexts, and skill level, while consistency of interests associated with athletes’ commitment to their sport. Article 3 comprised two studies. In Study 1, path analyses were used to assess the role of conscientiousness on criteria of expertise development. At the broad level, conscientiousness predicted athletes’ engagement in practice contexts and commitment to their sport; at the facet-level, achievement-striving was the best predictor of athletes’ weekly DP and engagement in practice contexts. The systematic test of the role of self-control (Article 1), grit (Article 2), and conscientiousness (Article 3, Study1) for key criteria of expertise development culminated with Study 2 of Article 3, which reported comparative analyses of the predictive ability of self-control, grit, and conscientiousness facets—which had shown to be significant predictors when assessed separately—for the criterion measures of sport expertise. Study 2 showed that (a) perseverance of effort was the best predictor of athletes’ weekly DP, engagement in mandatory practice, and the only predictor of higher skill level, (b) achievement-striving best predicted athletes’ engagement in optional practice, and (c) consistency of interests best predicted athletes’ commitment to their sport. Article 4 tested whether athletes’ self-reported levels of grit (broad and facets) were longitudinally associated with their coach-reported practice engagement throughout one sport season. Perseverance of effort was the grit variable most related to indicators of practice engagement, the only variable related to overall practice engagement across three time points, and the only variable marginally associated with athletes’ stability of practice engagement over time. Article 5 explored coaches’ views about the behavioural indicators of athletes’ conscientiousness, grit, and self-control in the daily training environment and how these traits impacted athletes’ training and development. Coaches described (a) conscientious athletes as systematic and detail-oriented, highly considerate of others, and highly engaged in self-regulation; (b) gritty athletes as those who persevere despite adversity and work hard in practice; and (c) self-controlled athletes as those who control impulses, resist temptations, and delay gratification. Coaches believe grit, conscientiousness, and self-control play important roles on athletes’ development toward higher skill levels, but results generally highlighted the preponderance of perseverance of effort. Potential mechanisms (e.g., conscientiousness—self-regulation—practice quality and conscientiousness—self-regulation—skill level) were highlighted to help explain the personality-expertise link found in Phases 1 and 2. This dissertation contributed to the literature on sport expertise by parsimoniously identifying conscientiousness-related personality traits that were associated with measures of athletes’ practice quantity, quality, and stability, commitment to sport, and higher skill level. Although several facets (i.e., perseverance of effort, consistency of interests, achievement-striving, self-discipline, and dutifulness) showed associations with practice and performance-related outcomes, this dissertation generally highlighted the role of grit facets. In particular, while perseverance of effort was the best predictor of athletes’ amounts of DP, the only grit variable associated with quality practice engagement over time, and the only predictor of higher skill level, consistency of interests was the best predictor of commitment variables. Furthermore, results based on coaches’ descriptions (a) provided behavioural indicators of conscientiousness-related traits that serve as reference points for practitioners aiming to help athletes develop desirable traits, (b) suggested that gritty athletes ‘work hard’ and conscientious athletes ‘work smart’, and (c) proposed mechanisms to explain the personality-expertise link found in the quantitative studies. Taken together, the results of this dissertation suggest that the tendency to persevere despite adversity and mindfully use self-regulated processes seems to be a powerful predisposition for athletes’ development toward expert levels of performance.

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Daubermann, Bettina Pamela. "A psychobiographical study of William Wilberforce." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1020857.

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The proposed study is of a psychobiographical nature and employs a qualitative research approach. The individual that forms the subject of this study is William Wilberforce. A social activist most of his life, Wilberforce is best known for his voice and works behind the abolition of the slave trade in 1807 and the abolition of slavery in 1833. His ambitious nature, social eloquence and verbal intellect resulted in him being elected as a member of parliament in the House of Commons in England during the period 1780 to 1825. Transformed by the Christian faith in 1885, Wilberforce came to the realization he had received a calling from God to speak up for those who could not with a specific task set out before him which was to abolish slavery. It was the purpose of the present research to explore and describe Wilberforce’s psychological development across his life-span according to Carl Rogers’ (1961) personality theory of optimal development. Salient aspects of Wilberforce’s life were related and compared to components of the theory so as to explore and describe the degree of optimal development that Wilberforce reached at different points in his life and whether he could be described as a fully functioning person. According to Rogers’ theory William Wilberforce was chosen as the research subject for his historical contribution to mankind by his devotion to the moral enhancement of his country.

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Sandifer, Joseph McNeill. "The factorial validity of Cattell's 16 personality factor questionnaire as a measure of personality in middle and lower socioeconomic status individuals." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/29386.

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Davies, Kyra L. "Factors influencing the development of perfectionism." [Chico, Calif. : California State University, Chico], 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10211.4/81.

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Salter, Robin Seely Lewis Philip M. "The psychometric assessment of meaning-making reactions to everyday dilemmas (RED) /." Auburn, Ala., 2006. http://repo.lib.auburn.edu/2006%20Fall/Dissertations/SALTER_ROBIN_36.pdf.

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Hasler, Joseph Francis 1958. "THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CHARACTER TYPE AND COGNITIVE-MORAL DEVELOPMENT." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/276496.

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This study investigated the relationship between the character typology proposed by C. G. Jung, and the stages of cognitive-moral development described by Lawrence Kohlberg. It was hypothesized that certain character types, particularly those preferring introversion and intuition, would display the higher levels of moral development. A total of 120 male and female introductory psychology students at the University of Arizona were administered the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) to assess character type, the Sociomoral Reflection Objective Measure (SROM) to identify stage of moral development, and the Shipley-Hartford Institute of Living Scale as a brief estimate of IQ. The only significant differences in moral development as a function of character type were between the judging and perceiving types, with perceiving types displaying the higher mean SROM score (p .02). This finding suggests that open-mindedness is more conducive to moral development than the tendency to jump to immediate conclusions.

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Karwowska, Bozena M. "The development of personality in Karolina Pavlova's intimate poetry." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/28245.

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Karolina Pavlova (1807 - 1893} is one of the most interesting XIX century Russian poets, and an important figure in XIX century literature in general. Once the center of an important literary salon and admired by critics, she died in Dresden almost forgotten. Pavlova's unfortunate personal life interrupted her literary career in Russia. However it enriched the intimate poetry which she wrote during her entire life. This poetry comprises a unique cronicle of the intimate feelings and opinions of a woman poet in XIX century Russia. Following the methods of Roman Jakobson in his "Grammar of Poetry and Poetry of Grammar", in this thesis we try to describe the development of personality in Pavlova's intimate poetry.In our analyses of her poems we examine grammatical forms used in her stanzas. The continuous themes of her poetry - time, events, people - all this information is grammatically included in verbs, so we looked especially for verbs in her poems as the most interesting source of information. Close analyses of some features of Russian verbs (tenses, aspects,numbers, persons and genders), ways of using them and frequency in Pavlova's poems help to examine her point of view on life in general and especially on women's life.This kind of analysis makes it possible to explain her life not by certain events from her biography but by her opinions about life and it's rules.
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Fransson, Mari. "Attachment and the Development of Personality and Social Functioning." Doctoral thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för psykologi, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-221869.

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According to attachment theory, the establishment of an attachment bond to a caregiver not only provides the infant with protection from danger, but also many other resources presumably beneficial to the child’s general psychological development. Although there is substantial empirical support for a link between attachment security and social functioning in childhood and adolescence, less is known about whether childhood attachment contributes to social functioning beyond adolescence. Similarly, attachment has been found predictive of broad aspects of a person’s functioning, but few attempts have been made to link attachment to the currently dominating perspective on personality, the Five Factor Model (FFM). Results in Study I partially supported our expectations, by showing prospective links from middle childhood security to various aspects of social functioning in young adulthood. Further, security contributed to developmental change in social functioning from middle childhood to young adulthood. In Study II, middle childhood security was found to predict some of the FFM personality traits (primarily extraversion and openness) concurrently and prospectively, partially supporting our expectations. The third aim of this thesis was to address whether attachment disorganization, which has usually been found predictive of maladaptive phenomena, may predict also other, non-pathological outcomes. In Study II, we found that higher levels of disorganization in young adulthood were concurrently associated with more openness and lower conscientiousness. Furthermore, in Study III disorganization was shown to be concurrently associated with more New Age spirituality and more absorption in adulthood. In addition, absorption was, in accordance with our expectations, found to statistically mediate the link between disorganization and New Age spirituality. Hence, these findings supported our assumption that disorganization might be expressed in other life domains besides specifically maladaptive ones. Taken together, we suggest that attachment spreads its influence to a broad set of life domains through its continuous influence on general psychological components such as cognitive representations and self-regulation abilities. However, the modest strength of our results indicates that attachment is only one among several factors involved in the development of social functioning, personality traits, and spirituality.

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Flint-Taylor, Jill Verena. "Career development : personality, the organizational context and their interaction." Thesis, King's College London (University of London), 1998. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.299291.

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Karpova, Alexandra. "The personality of luxury brands : scale development and consequences." Thesis, City, University of London, 2018. http://openaccess.city.ac.uk/20882/.

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This research approaches the personalities of luxury brands as understood and voiced by consumers. In an attempt to address the criticisms on the appropriateness and applicability of the generic brand personality typology to luxury brands, this work pursuits a new examination of the concept. Drawing on the experience of human personality trait framework development methodology, an “a posteriori” approach is grounded in consumers’ natural language to examine luxury brands’ personality disparateness from other brands. A combined methodology using online text mining and in-depth interviews was used to capture consumer vernacular for luxury brands. After separating brand personality traits from other brand descriptors, analysis of semantic similarity was performed. Based on the semantic distances of the cropped up traits, a new typology of luxury brand personality was developed. The new measure was purified and calibrated using two separate luxury consumer samples. This process led to the identification of six salient dimensions of luxury brand personality specific to the luxury domain and distinct from the existing frameworks. In addition, the new scale was employed to show that: a) member group fit positively influences self-congruence; b) self-congruence positively affects a number of consumer outcomes directly (purchase loyalty) as well as indirectly (purchase loyalty, purchase intention, and word-of-mouth communication outcomes) through emotional brand attachment, brand attitude, and brand personality appeal (purchase intention outcome only).

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Chen, Norman Y. "The formation of Christian character." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2000. http://www.tren.com.

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Marshall, Michael Jerome. "The role of character development in sanctification." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1995. http://www.tren.com.

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Roach, Paul David. "Evolutionary theory and birth order effects on Big Five personality traits among the Shuar of Amazonian Ecuador : the first cross-cultural test /." view abstract or download file of text, 2006. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?index=null&did=1126776721&SrchMode=5&Fmt=2&retrieveGroup=0&VInst=PROD&VType=PQD&RQT=309&VName=PQD&TS=1166486945&clientId=11238.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Oregon, 2006.
Typescript. Includes vita and abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 157-178). Also available for download via the World Wide Web; free to University of Oregon users.

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Vennerholm, Linn. "Ontogeny of personality in red junglefowl chicks, Gallus gallus." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Institutionen för fysik, kemi och biologi, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-78996.

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Many studies have been performed on animals to study their behavior, but not as many on the development of behavior, and not yet on chickens. Therefore, 42 red junglefowls were tested in three Novel Arena, Novel Object and Tonic Immobility tests to investigate the ontogeny of personality. Several behaviors were stable over time in the Novel Arena and Novel Object tests, and are a part of the bird’s personality, while other behaviors were plastic. The stability of the behaviors increased over time. The decrease in duration of the Tonic Immobility can be due to decreased stress during the length of the study. The study showed that personality can be detected early in a chicken’s life, even though a lot of the observed behaviors change. Further studies are needed to figure out duration of the stability and why certain behaviors are stable.

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Stetz, Mark. "The relationship of conscience formation and personal development." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1989. http://www.tren.com.

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Weir, Ann. "Personality change and women's career development across the life course /." Title page, contents and abstract only, 1998. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09ARPS/09arpsw4248.pdf.

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Kerr, Nathan A. "Are There Personality Factors That Can Undermine Moral Judgment Development?" TopSCHOLAR®, 2007. http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/22.

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Research in moral psychology has focused on understanding what factors assist in the development of moral action and decision making. Examples of these research factors include educational experiences (Rest et al, 1986), intelligence (Rest, 1979), and social networking (Derryberry & Thoma, 2000). Personality factors facilitating moral judgment have also receive attention in recent years with Damon and Hart (1988) exploring self-understanding as a possible factor in moral judgment and Baumeister and Exline (1999) proposing that exercising self-control is often characteristic of those who often employ prosocial behavior. Pizarro (2000) suggested that those who fail to utilize empathy may think about moral issues just as those who do employ empathy but find them easier to ignore. This study attempted to explore this research from a different angle by examining the relationships between antisocial personality traits as opposed to prosocial personality traits. To measure these traits, data were collected from two samples comprised of 120 college students and 24 prisoners from a state-inmate facility. The Defining Issues Test (DIT) was used to measure moral judgment and the Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI) was used to measure the desired personality factors. The results indicated that antisocial personality characteristics do not inhibit moral judgment development. However, the results showed that individuals with antisocial personality characteristics were more likely to endorse self-serving decisions in situations that call for moral decision-making.

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Pullmann, Helle. "The development of intelligence and personality traits among Estonian schoolchildren." Tartu : Tartu University Press, 2005. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/68813466.html.

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Corson, Eliza-Jane. "Psychosocial factors implicated in the development of antisocial personality disorder." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2017. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/47584/.

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Evidence suggests that Antisocial Personality Disorder (ASPD) is highly prevalent amongst young males involved in the criminal justice system; however effective psychological treatment options for people with the disorder is limited. This thesis therefore explores psychosocial factors implicated in the development of the disorder, with the view to identify specific treatment targets for psychotherapeutic interventions. In the first instance, a systematic review and meta-analysis was conducted to examine the efficacy of Mentalization Based Therapy (MBT), a psycho-dynamically informed intervention. MBT was originally developed to treat people with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), yet to date no meta-analysis has evaluated the efficacy of MBT alone. Furthermore, emerging evidence suggests that MBT can be effective for people with ASPD, however at present, there are insufficient studies to examine the effectiveness of the approach with this population. Therefore, MBT was examined with the view to assess treatment outcomes for adolescents with emerging BPD and adults diagnosed with BPD. In accordance with the specific inclusion criteria, five primary articles were retained and analysed. In relation to the MBT group, there was a significant improvement in symptoms. Furthermore, effect sizes for other problems (anxiety, depression, suicidal attempts/self-harm) were found to be large to very large. When considering interpersonal functioning, interestingly, analysis revealed no effect favouring either the treatment or control group. Regarding impairment, a large and significant effect size was found in favour of the control group. Overall, adolescents derived greater benefit from the treatment when compared to adults. Limitations relate to the number of available studies in this review. In order to identify treatment targets for psychotherapeutic interventions, an empirical study explored the relationship between mentalizing capability, attachment style and schema as predictors of ASPD in 79 men recruited from a Young Offenders Institution (YOI). The results confirmed that anxious attachment style and specific Early Maladaptive Schema (EMS) domains relating to Disconnection & Rejection (mistrust-abuse); Impaired Autonomy & Performance (dependence), and Impaired Limits (entitlement) are associated with ASPD in young male offenders. Inferential analyses confirmed that intellectual functioning did not influence performance on any measures. Main limitations relate to the cross-sectional nature of the study and sample size. Following this theme, a single case study relating to the assessment and treatment of a young male with ASPD and comorbid diagnoses was undertaken using a firesetting offence focused treatment programme. Formulation, treatment progress and outcomes are discussed; and recommendations for further work are provided. Thereafter, a critical appraisal of the Revised Adult Attachment Scale (RAAS; Collins, 1996), a measure utilised in the empirical study was conducted. Consideration is given to the utility of the RAAS, particularly within forensic populations. The RAAS was found to be a reliable and valid measure for use with undergraduate, general, and clinical populations. Further research relating to the application within forensic populations is needed to test the reliability and validity of the tool with offenders. Finally, the thesis discusses limitations of the methodologies used and highlights how the overall aim of this thesis was achieved.

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DeGraffe, Herbert. "The Relationship Between Athletic Development Personality Factors and Decision Making." ScholarWorks, 2017. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/3487.

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Ineffective leadership that results from personality defects, ineffective core executive functions, and emotional decision making can lead to destructive actions and executive failures that affect organizational effectiveness. The purpose of this correlational study was to determine if athletic development personality factors correlate with decision making at the executive leadership level. The research questions focused on determining if there was a relationship between athletic development personality factors and decision making. Social exchange theory, social representations theory, and leadership theories comprised the theoretical framework. Participants included 124 executive decision-makers from the United States, the United Kingdom, South Africa, India, and Singapore who completed an online survey measuring self-assessed athletic development personality factors. The data analysis strategy using multiple regression showed that, while each variable was a positive significant predictor of personality factors, the regression approach eliminated redundant predictors from the 5 variable model. The resulting 3 variable model was significant; focus, ethicalness, and leadership found decision making scores to be higher for respondents with highest scores for focus personality (Î² = .43, p = .001) and ethicalness personality (Î² = .28, p = .001) and leadership personality (Î² = .21, p = .001) significantly contributed to the model. Organizational leaders might use the findings of this study on these key personality factors to enhance their knowledge and increase the relationship paths for positive social change by informing leadership development programs and executive training through educational strategies and best practices.

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Colborn, Robert Mark. "Adult Development of Positive Personality Traits Through Character Formation Mentoring." ScholarWorks, 2016. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/2442.

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Positive psychologists have published hundreds of empirical studies correlating positive personality traits with improved outcomes in mental health, physical health, academic and career success, resilience, relationships, and personal happiness. But there remains a dearth of research on the emergence and development of positive personality traits. This grounded theory, qualitative research sought to discover whether positive personality traits can be developed in adult mentoring relationships. Sixteen participants responded in structured interviews about the benefits of their mentoring experiences, and in addition to performing coding analysis as described by Strauss and Corbin (1990), the researcher also compared the answers to Peterson and Seligman's taxonomy of positive traits (2004). Unprompted participant responses overwhelmingly asserted increase of positive traits, as well as five other benefit categories. Improved traits appeared across a wide range of mentee characteristics, and situations, including negative ones, as long as mentors communicated unconditional positive regard and possessed desirable competencies. Social considerations of this research include the possibility that, in combination with therapies to address negative aspects of a client situation, therapists using intentional positive trait development could support recovery, resilience, hope, wisdom, thriving, and all of the benefits positive psychology has correlated to the presence of positive personality traits. Future studies building on this research may include a longitudinal study to understand what situations and character types are most conducive for positive trait development, as well as questions regarding which traits appear in which mentoring situations.

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Quintus, Martin [Verfasser]. "Personality Development in Adulthood: The Role of Life Transitions, Goals to Change Personality, and Momentary Processes / Martin Quintus." Mainz : Universitätsbibliothek Mainz, 2019. http://d-nb.info/1185778233/34.

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Bullock, Robert. "The Development of Job-Based Psychological Ownership." Thesis, Seattle Pacific University, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10002516.

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Psychological ownership has come to light as an important state with strong implications on employee attitudes and behaviors. However, relatively little attention has been paid towards the process by which employees come to develop feelings of psychological ownership towards their work, particularly regarding the role played by individual traits in this process. Ownership theorists claim that personality and disposition should matter (Mayhew, Ashkanasy, Bramble, & Gardner, 2007; Pierce & Jussila, 2011), yet these claims remain largely untested. The purpose of the current investigation is to address these gaps by exploring how employee disposition and job design contribute to the development of job-based psychological ownership. Employing a cross-sectional approach, data were collected using an online survey where participants were asked to complete measures of trait positive affectivity (PA), job characteristics, work experiences, and job-based psychological ownership. Because the study focused on job-related phenomenon, participants were required to work full-time in a location other than their home to be considered for this study. The final 426 participants (60.4% male, 39.6% female) had an average tenure of 5.04 years (SD = 5.03) and represented a wide range of industries and job levels (23.7% entry-level, 31.0% individual contributor, 17.8% supervisory, 10.8% mid-level manager, 2.8% senior manager, 13.8% technical or professional). Hypotheses were tested using bootstrapped regression analyses and structural equation modeling. Results indicated that job autonomy has a positive effect on job-based psychological ownership (B = 0.501, CI 0.415 to 0.594) through three mediated paths: investment of ideas, effort, and self into one’s work (B = 0.252, CI 0.178 to 0.349), experienced control and influence over one’s work (B = 0.214, CI 0.137 to 0.293), and intimate knowledge and understanding of one’s job (B = 0.036, CI 0.003 to 0.082). Employee PA significantly moderated the mediated path from autonomy to ownership through experienced control (Index of ModMed = 0.017, CI 0.000 to 0.045), such that control mattered more for high-PA employees. Exploratory analyses suggest that PA may play a dual role – as a moderator of autonomy’s effects on control (B = 0.052, CI 0.009 to 0.100), and as an indirect effect on ownership itself. For example, high-PA employees reported greater investment of self in their work, which in turn predicted job-based psychological ownership (B = 0.255, CI 0.177 to 0.361). Ultimately, job autonomy stood out as having a particularly strong and consistent positive effect on job-based psychological ownership. Results suggest that all employees, from the most enthusiastic to the most apathetic can experience this positive psychological state. That is, as long as they are afforded a high level of autonomy in deciding how to plan and carry out their work.

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Galushko, N. "Art as a phenomenon of personality formation." Thesis, Міжнародний центр наукових досліджень, 2020. https://er.knutd.edu.ua/handle/123456789/16772.

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Today humanity has faced the problem of aesthetic value. The current crisis of society is manifested in economic, political, ideological, moral and spiritual spheres of human activity. As a matter of priority an increased focus has to be put on spiritual crisis, because it extremely influences the other spheres of our life. Society needs a harmonious combination of material artefacts and spiritual values of civilization and culture. Art plays a significant role in this context. It helps to orient all spheres of civilization and culture humanistically. Moreover, it morally enlightens and promotes the formation of personality. Art activates creative forces, helps self-expression and self-affirmation, cultivates kindness and cordiality, develops imagination and creative thinking of the individual. At the same time, art gives aesthetic and moral satisfaction, and the harmony of the soul with it. That is why only art is an effective tool for becoming a full personality in modern conditions. Art is an integral attribute in the life of humanity. It plays an important role in all spheres of human activity. Art is a unique and original form of activity. Art not only reflects the prevailing ideas of culture in its development but also participates actively in the formation of new aspects of social consciousness, psychology, expanding human potential, ideas of beauty and promoting its self-improvement.

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Davidsson, Julia. "The Role of Major Life Events and Brain Development on Personality Trait Change in Adulthood : Insights from Personality Neuroscience." Thesis, Högskolan i Skövde, Institutionen för biovetenskap, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:his:diva-17324.

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The relationship between personality trait change and major life events is currently undergoing extensive investigations within the field of personality psychology. A debate has risen regarding whether or not major life events can bring about trait change, and how typical trait change patterns over the adult lifespan can be explained. It is valuable to understand how traits change because they predict important future outcomes. The Five-Factor Theory described by McCrae and Costa (2008a) states that traits are purely biological entities, and trait change is explained to result from processes of intrinsic biological maturation, unaffected by life events. This thesis reviewed the literature regarding the relationship of trait change and life events, and the research of potential biological bases of traits in the brain together with a brain developmental perspective of intrinsic maturation. Gaining an insight in the relationship between personality traits and the brain is a goal within a young field of research called personality neuroscience, and an agenda of the Five-Factor Theory. Major life events do cause trait change, but the relationship is complex. A brain developmental perspective of intrinsic maturation did not entirely correspond with patterns of typical trait change in young adulthood. The Five-Factor Theory is challenged and modifications are suggested. Neurobiological correlates of five-factor traits reveal issues and potentials for future research.

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Phebus, John B. "Development of traits and motives across the lifespan." Click here for download, 2008. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1490083931&sid=1&Fmt=2&clientId=3260&RQT=309&VName=PQD.

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Attig, Sheryl Adrienne. "The Influence of Intuition on the Development of Spirituality." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/196059.

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Intuition is a way of perceiving the world that is fast, automatic, associative, and emotionally driven. In its most extreme form intuition is psychic ability, a sixth sense. Intuitive persons prefer to use intuition across many situations and do so consistently over time. Prior research links intuition with spirituality, yet fails to define a causal pathway. This dissertation aims at determining a causal connection through Structural Equation Modeling that shows that intuition influences spiritual experience, then spiritual belief or religious belief, or religious belief through spiritual belief, and then finally religious fundamentalism. It also tests a causal connection from intuition to schizotypy (mild, non-clinical schizophrenia-like symtpoms).A first model shows how intuition leads to spiritual experience, then to spiritual belief, then to religiousness, and finally to religious fundamentalism. The relationship between intuition and schizotypy proved not significant, yet not trivial. A second model, developed to account for more of the data and to use more generally accepted statistical procedures that are not "data based", shows similar relationships (intuition leads to spiritual experience and spiritual experience leads to spiritual belief) with some minor variations and more detail about the mediating factors involved in these relationships. And it shows how a new factor, contemplative, mediates the relationship between intuition and spiritual experiences, intuition and religiousness, openness and religiousness, and openness and spiritual experiences. In this second model the path from intuition to schizotypy is significant. Intuition in both models, although defined by different constructs, leads to spiritual experience. The type of spiritual belief and experience determined by intuition is decidedly spiritual, not just unusual experiences which one could interpret as spiritual.We created a new intuition scale, the Attig Intuition Scale, for this research. It proved to be reliable and valid. Intuition in both models, although defined by different constructs, leads to spiritual experience. The type of spiritual belief and experience determined by intuition is decidedly spiritual, not just unusual experiences which one could interpret as spiritual.

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Kail, Eric Guy. "Does Personality Predict Perceived Performance Change Following a Leader Development Intervention?" NCSU, 2007. http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/theses/available/etd-03142007-130439/.

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The purpose of the research has been to investigate personality as a predictor for perceived performance change following a leader training program. A sample of 363 leaders attended a five day leader development training program at a centralized location. Approximately 90-120 days after returning to work in their organizations, participating leader received a 360-degree assessment in order to determine that amount of perceived performance change. Personality was measured using the CPI260, and results were mapped onto the Five Factor model of personality. Personality was investigated both as dimensions of the Five Factor model and as types. Personality types were determined via cluster analysis. Personality was further investigated as a moderating the relationship between self-other rating discrepancy and perceived performance change. Results suggest that personality, either by dimension or type, can be used as a predictor in determining perceived performance change following a leader development intervention. Personality was not found to moderate the relationship between self-other rating discrepancy and perceived performance change. Implications for theory and practice as well as recommendations for further research are presented.

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Makarov, I. Shylnyk V. "THE INFLUENCE OF PERSONALITY ON DEVELOPMENT OF WORLDVIEWS IN NATURAL PHILOSOPHY." Thesis, Національний авіаційний університет, 2014. http://er.nau.edu.ua/handle/NAU/15068.

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Komolafe, K. "Betrayal responses and personality pathology : the development of the Betrayal Scale." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2016. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1516021/.

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Aims: The aim of the study was to develop a psychometric scale to reliably assess for psychosocial impairment following an experience of betrayal trauma. Method 434 participants from a community sample completed a series of self-report psychometric measures online of psychosocial impairment, betrayal trauma experiences and personality trait pathology. Results: The Betrayal Response Scale (BRS) consisted of 20 items and two subscales related to internalised negative emotions and negative interpersonal responses. Higher BRS scores were associated with personality pathology, interpersonal impairment and poor social functioning. Conclusion: The BRS is a reliable measure of psychosocial impairment following betrayal trauma. People with personality pathology report greater levels of psychosocial impairment following betrayal trauma. Potential uses of the BRS as a clinical and research instrument are discussed.

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Bar-On, Reuven. "The development of a concept of psychological well-being." Thesis, Rhodes University, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1002437.

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This thesis focuses on the development of an operational and theoretically eclectic concept of psychological well-being. A comprehensive research strategy was employed to examine various personality factors thought to be components of psychological health (i.e., the basis of the proposed concept). The general approach involved four major phases: (1) the clustering of various variables and identification of underlying key factors purported to be related to psychological health based on the writer's clinical experience and review of the mental health literature, (2) the formulation of an ~ priori concept of psychological well-being based on the operational definition of those factors, (3) the construction of an inventory designed to examine the proposed concept, and (4) the interpretation of the results and their implications for the development of the overall concept based on the examination of the factorial structure, validity and reliability of the inventory. The"a posteriori concept" evolved out of this process. The results of the present study indicate that the most valid and reliable factorial components of psychological well-being are self regard,interpersonal relationship, independence, problem-solving, assertiveness,reality testing, stress tolerance, self-actualization and happiness; social responsibility and flexibility emerged as questionable components of the a posteriori concept. The inventory which was designed to study the concept was successful in significantly differentiating various levels of psychological health. This way of conceptualizing and assessing psychological well-being has potential applicability for mental health practitioners and researchers.

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Waddell, Jason J. "The personality traits and skills of Australian pharmacists." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2021. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/213206/1/Jason_Waddell_Thesis.pdf.

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This study evaluated the personality traits and skills of Australian Pharmacists to better understand factors that may influence the implementation of pharmacy practice change. Using theoretical frameworks of personality and advanced practice, this research evaluated the personality traits of Australian Pharmacists and pharmacy students, evaluated the leadership domain of an advanced pharmacy practice framework, and included interviews of pharmacists implementing prescribing models of care in the Queensland public hospitals. Implementing new pharmacy practice models of care is complex and is the confluence of a pharmacist’s personality, skills and the context in which they are working.

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Kurz, Barry Frank. "A study of the development of object representation in the treatment of borderline personality disorder." Click here for text online. The Institute of Clinical Social Work Dissertations website, 1992. http://www.icsw.edu/_dissertations/kurz_1992.pdf.

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Dissertation (Ph.D.) -- The Institute for Clinical Social Work, 1992.
A dissertation submitted to the faculty of the Institute of Clinical Social Work in partial fulfillment for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.

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Larsen, Chris A. "The impact of a character development program on moral reasoning, behavior and academic achievement /." free to MU campus, to others for purchase, 2004. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/mo/fullcit?p3137722.

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Gray, Franklin Henry. "A study of character formation in spiritual leaders." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Access this title online, 1994. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p030-0050.

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Roberts, Dennis C. "Preliminary Development of a Q-Sort Measure of the Adlerian Concept of Personality Priorities: The Adlerian Personality Priorities Q-Sort (APPQs)." Antioch University / OhioLINK, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1311882487.

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Kumar, Riya. "The Use of Personality Testing in Personnel Selection." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2019. https://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/2038.

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Research has shown that more than 45% of American companies are opting to integrate personality tests in their recruitment processes. Given this surge in personality testing, this thesis examines whether personality testing is a valid predictor of job-fit and performance in the context of personnel selection. A large proportion of this paper is focused upon the Big-Five factor model, its limitations, and derivative tests of the model. The impact of technology upon personality testing is also discussed as an emerging field. By tracing and examining the history of personality testing to current day, I have found that personality tests are best administered when they provide incremental validity over other tools and are matched to specific job-criteria.

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Deering, Gregory Alan. "Christian character development enhanced through intentional inter-generational fellowship." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2004. http://www.tren.com.

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Blackburn, Paul. "Transgenerational influences in families containing young adults." Thesis, Birkbeck (University of London), 1996. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.243329.

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Kaiser, Donna Hines. "The development of family counselors during internship: A multiple case study using constructive developmental theory." W&M ScholarWorks, 2003. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1550154103.

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Frimer, Jeremy Abraham. "Why be good? the development of enlightened self-interest in moral personality." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/37673.

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What motivates people to devote their lives to promoting the greater good? This dissertation advances the reconciliation model, which explains moral motivation within a developmental framework by positing that, for the mature, the relationship between self-promoting (agentic) and other-promoting (communal) motives transforms from one of mutual competition to one of synergy. That is, the model proposes that moral exemplars, in particular, integrate agency and communion in their psychological functioning. Most people, on the other hand, do not become highly virtuous partly because they developmentally stagnate, failing to integrate these motives. The majority of leaders and other successful people also fail to integrate the two, and instead continue to develop agentic motives while attenuating communal motives, resulting in unmitigated agency. Three studies test claims concerning the endpoints of development. Relying on a young-adult sample of student club leaders, Study 1 pinpoints the specific values that usually compete within the moral domain. Study 2 finds evidence of integrated agency and communion in the personalities of recipients of a national award for decades of contribution to the greater good (in contrast to a demographically matched comparison group). Study 3 explores the motives of a “moral dream team” compared to those of a similarly influential set of heroes, icons, leaders, and revolutionaries. The findings are that exemplars treat agency as a means to an end of communion while, for most influential people, agency merely begets more agency. Agency, communion, and the relationship between them hold considerable promise in explaining moral motivation, its development, and the processes that support lives of extraordinary moral commitment.

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Young, Sharon Michelle. "An exploratory investigation into personality characteristics associated with systems development team roles." Thesis, University of Sunderland, 2004. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.413132.

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The understanding that systems development team member selection was potentially problematic due to its subjectivity stimulated this research. The belief that personality testing could be beneficial for systems development team member selection motivated the research. It was found that personality testing, which is a process of identifying a person's personality trait characteristics and associating them to an appropriate activity. is used in systems development team selection. even though the roles and the associated role required characteristics within systems development had not been explicitly identified. If the roles and associated personality trait characteristics were identified. then a personality test could be produced that could improve selection and therefore communication. The research aim was to identify the personality trait characteristics associated with systems development team roles. To gain data. eight real-world development teams were interviewed, as they were believed to hold the relevant knowledge. The repertory grid approach was applied in a semi-structured (Repertory Grid) and structured (Likert Grid) form in order to cross reference the data. The repertory grid was team specific and completed in the presence of the interviewer and produced useful information. The likert grid was completed without the interviewer and with a different rating scale from the repertory grid, which resulted in confused data that limited its prediction ability. The Iikert grid required the identification of generic systems development team roles through the exploration of 432 paper-based materials and generic personality trait characteristics from a generiC team selection process; group dynamiCS. As there was not equal representation of the individual generic roles among the interviewees the results must also be considered as disproportionate. The multidimensional scaling (MDS) technique was applied in the analysis of data, with support from cluster analysis. The MDS identified the coordinates of personality trait characteristics and systems development roles within a two dimensional space. The cluster analysiS supported the material by identifying associated personality trait characteristic clusters similar to that of the MDS analysis. The research found that there are different and particular, personality trait characteristics requirements for specific systems development team roles. These results should support the present use of personality testing in the field and provide a basis for further research in the development of a personality test specifically designed for systems development team selection, although further data would be required before this could be done

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