The Investigation of Academic Women’s Boundaryless and Protean Career Attitudes in Terms of Personality

Abstract

This study focuses on boundaryless and protean career attitudes of academic women in Ankara, in terms of personality traits. For this purpose, personal information form, boundaryless and protean career attitudes scale, five factor personality inventory were applied to 306 women working in public and private universities. Correlation analyses show that there are small to moderate relationships between personality traits (extroversion, openness to experience, agreeableness, conscientiousness, neuroticism) and boundaryless/protean career attitudes. Findings indicate that, psychological mobility increases and physical mobility decreases, as women’s level of openness to experience and extroversion increases. Regression analyses show that openness to experience and conscientiousness have a positive effect and neuroticism has a negative effect on protean career attitude. Extroversion, on the other hand, has a positive effect on boundaryless career attitude. Findings mentioned above were discussed in line with previous research. Results are noteworthy in terms of discovering personality traits that predict women’s career decisions.

Keywords

• Boundaryless career
• Protean career
• Five factor personality model
• Academic women
• Career Attitude

Kadın Akademisyenlerin Sınırsız ve Çok Yönlü Kariyer Tutumlarının Kişilik Açısından İncelenmesi

Abstract

Bu araştırmada, Ankara ilinde çalışan kadın akademisyenlerin sınırsız ve çok yönlü kariyer tutumları, kişilik özellikleri açısından incelenmektedir. Bu amaç çerçevesinde kamuda ve özel sektörde çalışan 306 kadın akademisyene kişisel bilgi formu, sınırsız ve çok yönlü kariyer ölçeği ve beş faktör kişilik envanteri uygulanmıştır. Korelasyon analizi bulgularına göre kişilik boyutları (nevrotiklik, uzlaşılabilirlik, özdisiplin, dışadönüklük, deneyime açıklık) ile sınırsız ve çok yönlü kariyer tutumları arasında zayıf ya da orta düzeyde ilişkiler saptanmıştır. Kadın akademisyenlerin deneyime açıklık ve dışadönüklük özellikleri arttıkça psikolojik hareketlilik düzeylerinin de arttığı, ancak fiziksel kariyer hareketlerinin azaldığı tespit edilmiştir. Regresyon analizi sonucunda deneyime açıklık ve özdisiplin özelliklerinin çok yönlü kariyer tutumunu pozitif yönde, nevrotiklik özelliğinin negatif yönde yordadığı ortaya çıkmıştır. Dışadönüklük özelliği ise sınırsız kariyer tutumunu pozitif yönde yordamaktadır. Araştırmadaki bulgular, önceki çalışmalar ve kuramsal yaklaşımlar çerçevesinde tartışılmıştır. Elde edilen sonuçlar, kadınların kariyer kararlarını etkileyen kişilik değişkenlerini ortaya çıkarmak bakımından önem taşımaktadır.

Keywords

• Sınırsız kariyer
• Çok yönlü kariyer
• Beş faktör kişilik modeli
• Kadın akademisyenler
• Kariyer tutumu

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