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Holland’s personality types versus preferences in accounting
Holland’s personality types versus preferences in accounting

Author(s): Joanna Cewińska, Lena Grzesiak, Przemysław Kabalski, Ewa Kusidelł
Subject(s): Human Resources in Economy, Socio-Economic Research
Published by: Stowarzyszenie Księgowych w Polsce
Keywords: Holland’s Theory; Occupational Personality; Conventional Personality; Enterprising Personality; Financial Accounting

Summary/Abstract: The article presents the results of research on the relationship between personality according to the typol-ogy of Holland with preferences in accounting. In his theory, Holland distinguished six personality types: Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social, Enterprising, and Conventional. The authors formulated a general hypothesis that these different personality types have different preferences and views on certain issues in accounting. They also formulated several detailed hypotheses related to two personality types: Conven-tional and Enterprising. In order to verify the hypotheses, the authors carried out quantitative research (a questionnaire survey) and focus interviews. Generally speaking, these hypotheses were confirmed.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 93
  • Page Range: 23-60
  • Page Count: 38
  • Language: English