Volume 9, Issue 3, November 2014, Pages 1064–1072
Usman Yousaf Faqeer-Ul-Ummi1, Raashid Javed2, and Mudasra Amjad3
1 Hamdard Institute of Management Sciences, Hamdard University Karachi, Islamabad Campus, Pakistan
2 Student at Dept. of Management sciences, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Pakistan
3 Student at Dept. of Management sciences, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Pakistan
Original language: English
Copyright © 2014 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
The relationship between personality and career success was investigated in a questionnaire study with a sample of 200 doctors and educators, who were employed in different hospitals and universities on different organizational designations. Personality judged by the "Big Five Personality Model". Career Success comprised of subjective (intrinsic) career success (financial success, life success, interpersonal success and job success) and objective (extrinsic) career success (salary and promotion) dimensions. In Pakistani society/culture people unaware about their personality, so the research on personality and its impact on career success were unjustified and mostly insignificant. Meaning of success in our society is to earn money and get competitive advantages as compared to colleagues. Personal life and interpersonal relationships have less worth in success counter. Research presents the insignificant impact of personality, person environment-fit and job performance on career success. With respect to limitations of the study, construct of personality like: education, knowledge and experience levels not included in research.
Author Keywords: Intrinsic career success, extrinsic career success, Big five personality.
Usman Yousaf Faqeer-Ul-Ummi1, Raashid Javed2, and Mudasra Amjad3
1 Hamdard Institute of Management Sciences, Hamdard University Karachi, Islamabad Campus, Pakistan
2 Student at Dept. of Management sciences, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Pakistan
3 Student at Dept. of Management sciences, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Pakistan
Original language: English
Copyright © 2014 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
The relationship between personality and career success was investigated in a questionnaire study with a sample of 200 doctors and educators, who were employed in different hospitals and universities on different organizational designations. Personality judged by the "Big Five Personality Model". Career Success comprised of subjective (intrinsic) career success (financial success, life success, interpersonal success and job success) and objective (extrinsic) career success (salary and promotion) dimensions. In Pakistani society/culture people unaware about their personality, so the research on personality and its impact on career success were unjustified and mostly insignificant. Meaning of success in our society is to earn money and get competitive advantages as compared to colleagues. Personal life and interpersonal relationships have less worth in success counter. Research presents the insignificant impact of personality, person environment-fit and job performance on career success. With respect to limitations of the study, construct of personality like: education, knowledge and experience levels not included in research.
Author Keywords: Intrinsic career success, extrinsic career success, Big five personality.
How to Cite this Article
Usman Yousaf Faqeer-Ul-Ummi, Raashid Javed, and Mudasra Amjad, “IMPACT OF PERSONALITY ON CAREER SUCCESS,” International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies, vol. 9, no. 3, pp. 1064–1072, November 2014.
