Personality correlates of career maturity

The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between Personality traits as measured by the 16PF Questionnaire and Career Maturity Variables as measured by the Indian Adaptation of Crites’s Career Maturity Inventory by Dr. Nirmala Gupta. The participants (sample) were 158 (104 male & 54 female) first year engineering college students of an engineering college in Jalna city of Marathwada region of Maharashtra state. To study the relationship between personality traits and career maturity the Pearson’s Correlation Coefficients were calculated. The Findings: (1) Overall it could be concluded that most of the personality traits were found not to be correlated with career maturity variables. Only five personality traits correlated significantly with some of the career maturity variable and they were: Intelligence (B), Dominance (E), Guiltproneness (O), Rebelliousness (Q1), and Compulsivity (Q3). Of these Rebelliousness and Compulsivity correlated significantly with most of the aspects of career maturity. (2) Personality Traits that correlated significantly with Attitudinal Career Maturity or Career Choice Attitudes aspect of CM were Dominance (E-), Guiltproneness (O-) and Compulsivity (Q3+). (3) Personality trait that correlated significantly with Self-Appraisal (SA) competency was Rebelliousness (Q1+). (4) Personality trait that correlated significantly with Occupational Information (OI) competency was Rebelliousness (Q1+). (5) No Personality trait correlated significantly with Goal Setting (GS) competency. (6) Personality traits that correlated significantly with Planning (PL) competency were Intelligence (B+), Rebelliousness (Q1+) and Compulsivity (Q3+). (7) Personality traits that correlated significantly with Problem Solving (PS) competency were Boldness (H+) and Rebelliousness (Q1+). (8) Personality traits that correlated significantly with Total Competency and Overall Career Maturity were Rebelliousness ((Q1+) and Compulsivity (Q3+).