Occupational pathway in relation to human personality and spirituality Cover Image

Ścieżka zawodowa w relacji do osobowości i duchowości człowiek
Occupational pathway in relation to human personality and spirituality

Author(s): Katarzyna Skrzypińska, Paweł Atroszko
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Psychology
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: personality; Big Five; spirituality; occupational pathway

Summary/Abstract: Presented research concerns developmental aspect of human personality and spirituality. We compared study participants taking into account age and profession: 170 doctors, 48 managers, 81 monks and 561 persons from general population (N = 860; women 471). Two questionnaires were used: NEO-FFI (Costa, McCrae, 1992) to measure personality, and Self-Description Questionnaire (Kwestionariusz Samoopisu of Heszen-Niejodek,Gruszczyńska, 2004) to assess the essence and level of spirituality.The results show that personality and spirituality (mainly religious attitude) allow to predict occupational pathways. Moreover age and dimensions of Big-Five Model (without openness) are predictors of spirituality, with age and Agreeableness being its best predictors. The results provide premises which indicate that personality, and spirituality as one of its dimensions, is an important factor related to choice of individual occupational pathway in life.

  • Issue Year: 20/2015
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 41-56
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Polish