Dissertations / Theses: 'Successful personality'

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NORTHCUTT, CECILIA ANN. "PERSONALITY CHARACTERISTICS OF SUCCESSFUL CAREER WOMEN." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/184089.

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This study used a questionnaire designed to identify personal characteristics that successful career women have in common across career fields. Information was elicited on self-esteem, achievement motivation, self-descriptive words, ethnicity, age, income level and occupational field, among other things. Subjects were women publicly recognized as successful by their peers. Twenty three of the sample (n = 249) were randomly selected for interviews. The questionnaire responses were analyzed to identify differences in self-esteem and achievement motivation between occupational fields, age, income levels, ordinal positions and other independent variables. Collectively, the results identified a high degree of self-esteem as the strongest characteristic shared by these successful career women. Additionally, self-esteem was affected by ordinal position of the subjects and related to the level of the women's perceived success and emotional compensation satisfaction. The career women defined the major components of success as: (1) achieving one's personal goals, (2) receiving recognition from others, (3) enjoying one's work, and (4) contributing to the community, to others, etc. The career women generally described themselves as responsible, competent, and hardworking. Non-traditional career women described themselves somewhat differently, as responsible, enthusiastic and confident. There was no statistical support for a relationship to achievement motivation. This finding, combined with the career women's definition of success, shows that items used in the questionnaire did not measure achievement motivation for this group. Several conclusions were drawn from the data analysis: (1) career women who have been publicly recognized by their peers have a high level of self-esteem; (2) women have a unique pattern of career development; (3) women focused more on "contributing to society/to others" than on "earning a high salary," and (4) women defined themselves as "hardworking" rather than "achievement oriented." Hypotheses made on the basis of previous research on career women and on Individual Psychology theory were generally supported. Future research on career women would be appropriate.

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Atli, Gulgunes. "CRITICAL PERSONALITY TRAITS IN SUCCESSFUL PAIR PROGRAMMING." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2006. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1150232487.

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Witte, Jack S. "Defining the Personality Characteristics of Successful Entrepreneurs." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2016. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/1266.

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Entrepreneurship has been referred to as an economical model for many years; however, the study of entrepreneurship from a psychological perspective is fairly young. Recent literature has focused largely on analyzing the personality characteristics of entrepreneurs and comparing them to wage or salary employed workers. Understanding the personality characteristics of entrepreneurs is vitally important in understanding entrepreneurship, and therefore, the economy as a whole. This study utilizes concepts from past literature and findings from empirical studies in order to assess the personality characteristics associated with successful entrepreneurship. Ultimately, the characteristics; achievement motivation, locus of control, innovation, risk tendencies, and tenacity are analyzed and depicted as the five most important personality characteristics for successful entrepreneurs.

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Lima, Lizzette. "Personality and Motivational Characteristics of the Successful Mentor." Scholar Commons, 2004. https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/1131.

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The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between mentor characteristics (i.e., motivational tendencies, personality traits), mentoring provided, and protégé outcomes. A motivational approach was taken, in the sense that motives to mentor, as well as personality characteristics of the mentor, were considered in regard to their ability to predict the type of mentoring provided and outcomes for the protégé. Specifically, the potential relationships between personality traits (Intrinsic Motivation, Learning Goal Orientation, Conscientiousness, Extraversion, Agreeableness, and Machiavellianism) and mentor motives, as well as the provision of career and psychosocial mentoring, were examined. In addition, the current study examined the ability of mentor characteristics to predict several protégé outcomes. Ninety-one mentors (i.e., college juniors and seniors) were paired with 91 protégé (i.e., college freshmen) and were asked to meet for a half hour each week for four consecutive weeks. Self-report measures were collected from both mentors and protégés before the mentoring sessions began (T1) and after (T2) they were completed to determine the effect of having a mentor on various outcomes. All mentoring sessions were videotaped so that trained raters could code the type of mentoring behaviors that occurred within a given session. Results were analyzed via correlational analyses, exploratory regression analyses, and hierarchical regression analyses. Individuals who were generally more intrinsically motivated and learning goal oriented reported being more motivated to mentor others for intrinsic satisfaction reasons. Mentors who were more extraverted and agreeable than their peers reported being more motivated to mentor in order to benefit others. In addition, having a mentor who provided career mentoring reduced school-related stress for a protégé. The key findings of the current study provide support for the view that personality and motivational characteristics of the mentor affect the type of mentoring provided, albeit indirectly in some cases. In addition, it is important to consider multiple sources of mentoring data provided (i.e., mentor, protégé,independent rater) rather than just the protégé's point of view because this will provide a more well-rounded picture of the mentoring relationship, as well as identify potential gaps in perception that may exist between mentors and protégés.

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Shepherd, Megan. "Personality and psychological characteristics of successful motor racing drivers /." [St. Lucia, Qld.], 2004. http://www.library.uq.edu.au/pdfserve.php?image=thesisabs/absthe17671.pdf.

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Crookston, Iva. "The Development of Two Units for Basic Training and Resources for Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages: "Developing a Successful Teaching Personality" and "Managing Classes of English Language Learners"." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2010. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/2152.

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A team of graduate students from Brigham Young University under the supervision of the main author, Dr. Henrichsen, collaborated on creating a book as well as a website, Basic Training and Resources for Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (BTR-TESOL). The entire project consists of ten main sections with nearly fifty units addressing topics that novice teachers should know before teaching English to non-native speakers. The BTR-TESOL project answers the need for material for untrained novice teachers that will help them to be better prepared in a very minimalistic way to face the challenges and responsibilities that teaching of English as a second language (ESL) brings. This master's project describes the creation of two units of section three, "Fundamental Teaching Skills", titled "Developing a Successful Teaching Personality" and "Managing Classes of English Language Learners." The first unit, "Developing a Successful Teaching Personality", educates novice teachers about the importance of nine major characteristics of a good teaching personality that were compiled by the author of this unit after extensive research of teachers' and students' attitudes. Moreover, the unit explains how each characteristic contributes to the overall challenge of being a successful teacher. In the second unit, "Managing Classes of English Language Learners", novice teachers are introduced to basic classroom management issues, possible reasons behind students' behavior, and tips on how to solve common classroom management issues. Both units include a short introduction to the content, an opening scenario, a video segment related to the theme of each unit as well as reflection questions, objectives, explanatory text, and a section that directs readers to places they can go to learn more about the subject.

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McDonnell, Daniel Michael 1948. "Qualitative assessment of successful individuals who have a learning disability." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/282130.

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This study used qualitative methods to investigate successful individuals who had a learning disability. Six participants, three men and three women, along with their family members and significant others were interviewed. A participant observation was also conducted during each participant's typical day at work. Four common characteristics were found among the participants. These characteristics were organizational skills, drive, a match between strengths and career, and interpersonal competence. The characteristics identified by the study were similar to those found by Gerber and Ginsberg (1990); however, it was noted that over-reliance on one characteristic and an inability to adjust to success often created difficulties. Further, job satisfaction and eminence in one's field did not always mean self-fulfillment, happiness, and psychological maturity. A definition of success which suggests a balance between career, family, and social activities was given. The study noted that a key element in coping with a learning disability was that the individuals understood both their strengths and weakness. Family members indicated that the transition from school to adult life was critical and that the role of parent and family members' perceptions about the participants usually needed to be adjusted. Older participants indicated that having a son or a daughter who had a learning disability helped them to come to terms with their disability. They also noted the importance of having a diagnosis, so they could reframe their self-perception in terms of a condition rather than a sense of mental incompetence or laziness. Recommendations for future research in this field were presented.

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Zaichenko, Maria. "Students’ career motivation formation for successful professional activity." Thesis, Міжнародний центр наукових досліджень, 2019. https://er.knutd.edu.ua/handle/123456789/14707.

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The aim of research is to emphasize the significance of career motivation as personality characteristic for successful professional activity. One of the ways of forming students’ professional orientation is to expand their vocational experience, which they acquire in the process of specialty practice.
Мета роботи – підкреслити значення кар’єрної мотивації як характеристики особистості для успішної професійної діяльності. Одним із способів формування професійної орієнтації студентів є розширення їхнього професійного досвіду, який вони набувають у процесі практики.
Цель работы – подчеркнуть значимость карьерной мотивации как характеристики личности для успешной профессиональной деятельности. Одним из способов формирования профессиональной направленности студентов является расширение их профессионального опыта, который они приобретают в процессе практики.

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Tymchuk, Olga, and Ольга Юріївна Тимчук. "Emotional Intelligence as a Key to the Development of a Successful Personality." Thesis, National Aviation University, 2021. https://er.nau.edu.ua/handle/NAU/52251.

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In modern conditions is becoming increasingly urgent issue of the development of the emotional intelligence. Research shows that people's success depends not only on a high Intellect level (IQ), but also on the emotional intellect (EQ). After all, if people can understand their emotional experiences, control their emotional states; it is much easier for them to make difficult decisions, solve life problems, conflicts and communicate with other people.

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Renner, Jasmine R. "Wisdom Essentials For Successful Living." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2013. http://amzn.com/1481861530.

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Preface -- A note to the reader -- A word about wisdom essentials -- Wisdom is best : think and live wisely -- Make insight your priority -- Buy wisdom, education and insight -- Good things come out of wisdom -- Wisdom's cry and call to everyone -- Intelligence outranks muscles -- Don't assume you know it -- Your face mirrors your heart -- Finding wisdom has much gain -- A warning against a life of crime -- Favor : how to obtain favor for successful living -- Speak out for justice -- Walk with the wise -- A whack on the heads of fools -- One who knows much says little -- If you quit listening -- Warning against adultery -- Warning against foolish acts -- The value of hard work -- The king's protocol -- Children listen to your father -- Wisdom and foolishness throw a party -- A honest life is worth it -- Fear of God expands your life -- The path of a good leader -- Manage your energy, attention and time -- Do your best : prepare for the worst -- Thirty sterling principles to live by -- Without good direction people lose their way -- A God-shaped life -- Sift and weigh every word -- Everything has a place and a purpose -- The right words at the right time -- Fools recycle silliness -- Hodge-podge of wise principles -- Four mysteries -- Four intolerables -- Four dignitaries -- Fall small wonders -- A good wife -- Start with God -- Learn it by heart -- The final word. "At the core of your being you truly want an enriching and fulfilling life. There are many ways to experience a good life. Wisdom Essentials for Successful Living is designed to help you find the right way to experience a good life. Wisdom Essentials for Successful Living is written so that we'll all know how to live well and right. It is written so that we will understand what life means and where it's going. It is essentially a manual for living, for learning what's right and just and fair. It is a practical book for everyday people stumbling through life. It will teach the inexperienced the ropes and hopefully give young people a grasp on reality. There is something in this book for everyone. There's something in the manual for seasoned men and women. There is still a thing or two for the experienced to learn. There is fresh insight broken down in simplicity to probe and penetrate the rhymes and seasons of your life..."
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Eckhouse, Chelsea Manchester. "Transition to Old Age| How Do Sexual Behaviors and Personality Contribute to Successful Aging?" Thesis, The George Washington University, 2018. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10750862.

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The rate of individuals transitioning to old age (i.e. 65 and older) is expected to exponentially increase in the coming years (United Nations Development Division, 2015), and as such society’s need for research promoting successful aging to meet the demand for this growing population is accelerating. The transitionary period into old age holds significant and diverse challenges and losses that interact across life domains, and can make old age seem depressing and lead to a decline in well-being (Stevernick, 2014). Although older adults have many challenges that are associated with old age, many continue to live in a positive and adaptive way (Jeste & Oswald, 2014). As such, successful aging has become a highly researched model, which refers to relatively high levels of cognitive, physical, and social functioning, and distancing from disease and disability (Rowe & Kahn, 1997). The purpose of the current study was to investigate whether higher levels of sexual frequency and sexual satisfaction as well as personality predicted successful aging. Successful aging was operationally defined through the change in overall psychological well-being from middle to older adulthood. Health status and gender were also assessed to see whether they moderated the effect of predictors on overall psychological well-being. The study employed previously collected data from the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study (WLS), a large sample of Wisconsin high school graduates who provided longitudinal data on diverse information across an extensive period of time (Herd, Carr, & Roan, 2014). The data used was collected from the 1993 and 2011 waves when participants were an average of 53 and 71 years old. Variables were created from self-report survey items from Ryff’s Psychological Well-Being Scales (Ryff & Keyes, 1995), the Big Five Inventory, version 54 (BFI-54) (John, 1990; John, Donahue, & Kentle, 1991), self-report data on sexual behaviors, and demographic information. Two-way mixed effects ANOVA and hierarchical multiple regressions indicated that sexual frequency, sexual satisfaction, and personality all predicted change in overall psychological well-being. Health and gender did not moderate the relationship between sexual behaviors and psychological well-being, however the relationship between personality and psychological well-being was partially moderated by health and gender.

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Hansson, Matilda, and Sara Rosengren. "Impulsivity, irresponsibility, alcohol and substance use differ between “unsuccessful” and “successful” individuals with high levels of psychopathic personality traits." Thesis, Örebro universitet, Institutionen för juridik, psykologi och socialt arbete, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-27477.

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The purpose of this study was to investigate what distinguishes psychopaths who commit crimes ("unsuccessful"), and psychopaths who do not commit crimes ("successful"). Most previous research has focused on neurobiological risk factors, while social and psychosocial factors have been studied to a lesser extent. Participants were drawn from the Swedish population-based RESUMÉ-study (Retrospective Study of Young People's Experiences). In total, 2500 individuals between the ages 20-24 (mean age=22.15, SD=1.38, 52.6% female and 47.4% male) participated in the study. Results showed that the “unsuccessful” psychopathy group was consuming larger amounts of alcohol and substances as well as scoring higher on the psychopathy dimension behavior (irresponsible/impulsive) than the "successful" group. In conclusion, these differences might partly explain why “unsuccessful” psychopaths commit crimes while “successful” psychopaths do not.
Syftet med denna studie var att undersöka vad som skiljer mellan psykopater som begår brott ("misslyckade"), och psykopater som inte begår brott ("lyckade"). Större delen av den tidigare forskningen har fokuserat på neurobiologiska riskfaktorer, medan sociala och psykosociala faktorer har studerats i mindre utsträckning. Deltagarna kom från den svenska populationsbaserade RESUMÉ-studien (REtrospektiv Studie av Unga Människors Erfarenheter). Totalt deltog 2500 individer i åldrarna 20-24 år (medelålder=22.15, SD=1.38, 52.6% kvinnor och 47.4% män) i studien. Resultaten visade att den "misslyckade" psykopatigruppen konsumerar större mängder alkohol och substanser samt uppvisar högre nivåer av psykopatidimensionen beteende (oansvarig/impulsiv) än den "lyckade" psykopatigruppen. Sammanfattningsvis kan dessa skillnader delvis förklara varför "misslyckade" psykopater begår brott medan "lyckade" psykopater inte gör det.

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Olds, F. Ray. "Intellectual Ability, Personality, and Vocational Interest as Predictors of Successful Job Performance in Restaurant Managers." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1993. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc500960/.

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The history and use of tests of intellectual ability, personality, and vocational interest is briefly discussed as background for an exploratory study in the use of these instruments in predicting successful restaurant manager performance. Most previous research regarding managerial potential has focused on perceptions of managerial ability rather than on performance issues. Sixty-eight restaurant managers were tested in order to assess general intellectual ability, personality traits, and vocational interests as predictors of performance criteria. Based on previous research, it was hypothesized that general intellectual ability, vocational match, masculinity, ascendance, and sociability would be positively correlated with effective job performance ratings. Results of the study did not confirm these predictions.

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Gifford, Solomon Stephen. "A Roadmap for a Successful Software Development Team Assembly Model Using Roles." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/43109.

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Software development requires teams due to size, scope, and location of the project. A few software development team structures have been proposed based on tasks and job descriptions, but no team structure or model has been proposed to assemble software development teams based on individual characteristic and trait differences. This thesis presents two studies that support the argument that a new model needs to be developed for assembling software development teams. A roadmap for developing such a model is presented as the response to the inapplicability of applying current models to software development team assembly.
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Parker, Lianne. "Who Will Be Successful in The Gig Economy: Adaptability, Generations, Gender, Marriage, and Children." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2017. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/940.

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The Gig-Economy is an alternative way of describing a world where long-term employees turn into short-term independent contractors in charge of their own careers. The cross-sectional half of the current study will gather data from multiple generations of professionals and emerging professionals that assesses their career adaptabilities, gender, marital status, presence of children, and preference for the Gig Economy. Previous research has not analyzed these factors in combination with each other. The Millennial participants from the cross-sectional portion of the study will be tested once every five years as they progress through their careers on these same measures. Millennials will have more career adapt abilities than other generations, and will prefer the Gig Economy more than other generations. However, females will prefer the Gig Economy more than men, as it provides for more flexibility. Those who are married and especially those with children will prefer the Gig Economy more than those who are unmarried or without children. The information from the current study will be helpful to anyone currently working in or about to start working. It will allow career counselors information with which to best guide Millennials and all those struggling to find their way in the Gig Economy.

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Fuller, Bret E. "Understanding the transition into college : an exploration of the psychological and environmental factors that predict successful academic outcome /." free to MU campus, to others for purchase, 1998. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/mo/fullcit?p9924882.

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Parrent, Condoa M. Newsom Ron. "Resiliency and the successful first-generation community college student identifying effective student support services /." [Denton, Tex.] : University of North Texas, 2007. http://digital.library.unt.edu/permalink/meta-dc-3630.

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Ananthan, Sharmaine Sakthi. "A study of competencies and personality traits of successful leaders in the Malaysian banking industry and recommendations for averting a capacity gap." Thesis, University of Hull, 2014. http://hydra.hull.ac.uk/resources/hull:10871.

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An increasing number of organisations are attempting to enhance their pool of available talent as there has been a shrinking pool of potential effective key leaders. Organisations are interested in developing and further enhancing their leaders to boost their efficiency and effectiveness in order to retain a competitive edge. Therefore, this thesis seeks to identify the extent of the capacity gap in leadership, determine the key competencies required in leaders that are influenced by personality and recommendations for averting a capacity gap in the banking industry in Malaysia. Prior research has demonstrated the beneficial consequences of leadership attributes. However, with the recent financial turbulence and economic meltdown, the subject of leadership has become an intense area of discussion in many fields, such as business, industry, government and even education. As a result, major changes in the way leadership is perceived, sustained and developed are required to understand leadership complexity. The emergence of such leadership, in contrast, has received less scholarly attention, particularly in the banking industry in Malaysia. To address these issues, the personality traits (Big Five Personality Model), Competencies (Great Eight Competency Model) and Leadership Styles (Multi-Factor Leadership Questionnaire) to transform average leaders to good/effective leaders in the banking industry of Malaysia are examined. This study, with a sample of 150 leaders, first revealed that the personality of introverted leaders who prefer to be modest, silent and approachable is more appropriate than that of extroverted leaders. These introverted leaders tend allow followers to be more open to discuss issues and bring about changes. Secondly, in terms of competencies, it was found that important competencies such as ‘leading and deciding’; ‘supporting and cooperating’; and ‘interacting and presenting’ are lacking in leaders. Thirdly, transformational leadership style appears to be positively related to personality but transactional leadership style did not show any relationship with personality. More specifically, the transformational leadership style was shown to make a major contribution, in contrast with previous studies, where it favoured females rather than males gender. In addition, sub-attributes of transformational leadership style showed that males are more effective than females in terms of ‘idealised influence’ and ‘intellectual stimulation’, while the reverse is the case for the sub-attributes of inspirational motivation’ and ‘intellectual consideration’. Importantly, the study reveals that in order for females to be visible and successful in senior level management or as CEOs, these sub-attributes of ‘idealised influence’ and ‘intellectual stimulation’ have to be enhanced in order for them to be seen as role models, to outshine males’ gender, and to be effective leaders. These findings confirm the crucial role of minimising the leadership capacity gap in building, maintaining effective leaders and developing a pool of potential leaders within the banking industry. In sum, this thesis provides empirical evidence for minimising the leadership capacity gap. It also builds new theory to further advance these areas of research. Thus, the thesis contributes to a better understanding of the development of effective leadership for the banking industry in Malaysia. It indicates important directions for future research and outlines practical recommendations on how to nurture personality traits, competencies and leadership styles.

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Spurná, Lenka. "Osobnost úspěšného manažera." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta podnikatelská, 2009. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-222097.

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Master's thesis "Personality of the successful manager" deals with finding the characteristics of successful manager. And this from the perspective of Czech managers and also from the perspective of managers of firms from other countries. The work also describes the interesting problems with which managers encounter in practice, because shared experiences are valuable for the further development of managerial skills. Finally, add additional suggestions for management development.

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Yusof, Azah. "A Study of Why Some Learners are More Successful than Others at Acquiring a Second Language: The Roles of Personality, Attitude & Motivation." TopSCHOLAR®, 1996. https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/3029.

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The purpose of this thesis is to convey and to support my belief that learners' affective domain, which consist of their personalities, attitudes, and motivation are responsible for causing the variation in the levels of second language proficiency of second language learners. My concern is to point out or support others who believe that second language learners are not machines that are able and willing to be programmed; they have feelings and attitudes which in turn govern their personalities and motivation. I also believe that the main focus of second language teaching should be on the "persons" learning the language, instead of merely on the forms, rules, and structures of the second language itself. I hope that this study will provide insights to all second language teachers.

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Parrent, Condoa M. "Resiliency and the successful first-generation community college student: Identifying effective student support services." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2007. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc3630/.

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This study examined what differences in resiliency traits, if any, exist between successful and non-successful first and continuing-generation college students through the use of a survey. For the purposes of this study, first-generation students were those students whose parents have never attended college and continuing-generation college students were those students whose parents have attended some college. For the purposes of this study, the term successful was defined as those students who after being enrolled during fall 2005 re-enrolled for the spring 2006 semester and the term non-successful is defined as those students who after being enrolled fall 2005 semester failed to re-enrolled for the spring 2006 semester. A sample of 164 students was surveyed by collecting demographic data, resiliency traits, attitudinal characteristics, level of familial support, and reasons for dropping out of college. A sub-sample of 40 students participated in a face-to-face, in-depth interview. This study found that successful first-generation community college students possessed certain common qualities or resilient characteristics that include: 1) social competence, 2) problem-solving skills, 3) critical consciousness, 4) autonomy, and 5) sense of purpose. Through the face-to-face interviews common themes emerged. Many of the students used similar words to describe their feelings and experiences about beginning, continuing and withdrawing from college. Many of the first-generation college students expressed the lack of familial support once they enrolled. Common themes emerged for the continuing-generation college students in that each student was comfortable with the process of selecting a major, selecting courses to enroll in, and the amount of time they expected to devote to studying. The return rate for each of the four groups studied was limited and rigorous follow up efforts failed to increase the return rate. This is a fundamental limitation of the study, and the results can only be generalized to the institution studied. However, the findings in this study are consistent with the literature on retention and dropout rates for these students.

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Mikhno, S. V., and V. Gres. "Student independent education activities that develop their leadership qualities." Thesis, Sumy State University, 2017. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/62824.

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Today’s world and society is changing. Young generation is becoming more independent, creative and initiative. The aim of education is to provide students with all the skills necessary to become a successful personality. That’s why developing students’ leadership skills and abilities is a very important issue of today.

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Dong-Xiang, Yu, and 于冬翔. "The Personality of Successful Female Entrepreneur." Thesis, 2015. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/88464432529571648060.

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輔仁大學
國際創業與經營管理學程碩士在職專班
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The main purpose of this research paper is it tries to identify all the personalities that successful female entrepreneurs have. After all the personalities have been clearly identified, we will then try to summarize the key personalities that contribute the success of female entrepreneurs. Basically, in order to achieve our goal, we will try to follow these steps below: 1. Differentiate the difference between the word entrepreneur and the word entrepreneurship. 2. Define the formal definition of female entrepreneurs. 3. Identify a list of barriers that female wants to join the field of entrepreneurship. 4. Identifying a list of reason that female wants to join the filed of entrepreneurship. 5. Discuss personalities that female entrepreneurs’ shares in common through multiple literature review, case studies, and interviews. 6. Analyze the results, and then comes up with a list of key personalities that all successful female entrepreneurs shares in common. Not surprisingly, there are many studies out there that have already discussed some of the key personalities that contribute to the success of female entrepreneurs. We decided to stand on the shoulder of these giants, so basically this research paper will try to use all these previously done studies to develop a list of key personalities; and we think this list can be served as a gift, which will help young female entrepreneurs to begin their career more easily. Most importantly, we are not trying to advocate that female who do not equip all the characteristics that are being discussed here will not be successful; we are just saying that it is nice to have all of them, because they do help female to become successful much easier.

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Du, Plessis Eben Tommie. "Inferring personality traits from the behaviour of highly successful entrepreneurs." 2014. http://encore.tut.ac.za/iii/cpro/DigitalItemViewPage.external?sp=1001557.

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M. Tech. Organisational Leadership
Entrepreneurs can make valuable contributions to the economic value of a country. These contributions range ranging from employment for the citizens to exports that help capital to flow into the country. An entrepreneur possesses certain personality characteristics or traits that distinguish him or her from others. These characteristics are quite likely to play a very important role in the establishment, performance and success of any enterprise. The aim of this research was to develop greater insight into how certain personality traits can have a bearing on the way in which business is run. Consequently, the study focused on establishing which personality traits are associated with highly successful entrepreneurs. In other words, the study focused on how personality traits relate to high levels of business success irrespective of the era, or of the business and culture settings.

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Reid, Marie. "The value of understanding personality types for building successful teams." Thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10210/11264.

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M.Phil. (Personal and Professional Leadership)
in the workplace often cannot work together effectively towards optimal performance. Employees often experience relationship problems in the workplace. Not many realise that a lack of understanding of personality contribute to these problems. Through this study, the objective was to investigate whether a basic understanding of personality types is a factor that can significantly improve workplace relationships in teams and therefore improve effective teamwork and team performance in companies. The motivation for this study was to make a contribution towards helping teams function more effectively, specifically by improving workplace relationships through applying an understanding of personality types in teams. The empirical research method used in this study was a mixed method approach of quantitative and qualitative research. Quantitative research was done through a survey questionnaire that was completed by a sample of respondents (n=183) from companies in the financial industry. This was supplemented by qualitative research by means of focused group interviews (n=16) with team leaders and managers of the survey participants. While the results were not found to be typical of the broader population, enough evidence were found to suggest that employees in the workplace realise the need for working together better in their teams, and seeing the value that personality profiling can bring towards achieving this reality.

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"The cognitive and personality profile of successful and unsuccessful engineering students." Thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10210/12820.

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Vanderslice-Beller, Suellyn. "Personality and motivational factors that predict successful occupational mobility of women in business." Thesis, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/10125/10198.

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Lacasse, Martha A. "Personality types among gifted underachieving adolescents a comparison with gifted achievers and non-gifted underachievers /." 1999. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/yorku/fullcit?pNQ43437.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--York University, 1999. Graduate Programme in Psychology.
Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 138-155). Also available on the Internet. MODE OF ACCESS via web browser by entering the following URL: http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/yorku/fullcit?pNQ43437.

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Hsiang-Han, Huang, and 黃湘涵. "A New Measurement for Discovering Potential Successful Career-Type Multilevel Marketing Distributors Based on Personality." Thesis, 2008. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/47811387478029778482.

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嶺東科技大學
行銷與流通管理研究所
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The purpose of this study lies in building up a new measurement to discover potential successful career-type multilevel-marketing distributors from new members in advance. A distributor can utilize the measurement to find out whether a downline is able to do a multilevel-marketing job as a professional distributor in the future, and can reduce the corresponding cost. The study was based on the NEO scales (Neuroticism, Extraversion, and Openness) which were developed by Costa and McCrae（1992）and the sales clerks of Forever Corporation were used as samples. Two surveys were used, and totally 633 useful questionnaires were collected. With assistance of SPSS 10.0, item analysis, measure of reliability, and factor analysis were conducted in order to obtain the item structure of the constructs. Following factor analysis, confirmatory factor analysis was used to exam the model of the item structure with the aid of AMOS 6.0. The results showed that the constructs fitted well. As a total, 17 questions were remained, and three factors ("Conscientiousness and Agreeableness ", "Extraversion and Openness", and "Non-Neuroticism") were gained. Finally, benchmark scores for different types (career-type and consumption-type) of multilevel-marketing sales clerks were calculated and defined. In regard to the score of the questions, the highest score is 5 points and the lowest score is 1 point for each question. Therefore, the highest score of total questions is 85. It is suggested that an individual can be a potential successful career-type distributor if he/she gets a score more than 63 points, otherwise a consumption type.

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Liu, Cheng-Chung, and 劉政忠. "Predicting Factors in the Successful Training of Working Dogs, and the Correlation between Personality and Well-being of Volunteer Puppy Raisers." Thesis, 2016. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/03308759653209666683.

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國立雲林科技大學
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In Taiwan Customs, only approximately 30% of dogs that enter training programs to become working dogs successfully complete training. To examine factors related to the temperament traits of working dogs and develop an assessment tool, a total of one hundred and twelve valid questionnaires were collected for analysis in this study. Factors analysis of these ratings yielded four components: “Trainability”, “Aggression”, “Sociability”, and “Emotion”. “Trainability” factors were critical for successful working dog outcomes. Then, the researcher employed independent samples t-test and stepwise multiple regression statistics. The results indicated that “Hardiness of Stress” was the best predicator for the successful training of working dogs. In addition, the study supported that male dogs are more likely to pass the training courses than females. In Big Five analysis for foster families, the results revealed that women tended to score higher than men on scales related to the personality traits of “Neuroticism”, “Agreeableness”, and “Conscientiousness”; “Neuroticism” and “Extraversion” were the major predictor of the 2 Subjective Well-being indicators (Happiness & Life of Satisfaction) and “ Neuroticism” was a major predictor of 2 SWB indicators. In this study, the results indicated that foster families experienced happiness in the period of being as volunteers of puppy raiser.

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LINDLOVÁ, Karolína. "Oblíbený učitel očima žáků základní školy." Master's thesis, 2016. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-260873.

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The present thesis deals with the popular teacher. The theoretical part brings the concept of the teacher, provides further evidence of the teacher's personality in terms of psychology. The theoretical part also includes chapters dedicated to the typology of teachers, teacher competence concept and also brings visions of successful teachers, guidance teachers and research results. The practical part is based on research that was conducted through in-depth interview.

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