RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN NEO FIVE PERSONALITY PROFILE AND PSYCHOSOCIAL MATURITY EXHIBITED BY B-SCHOOL STUDENTS IN COIMBATORE

Dr. Manju P.George (), K. Sri Gayathridevi () and Dr.Sebastian Rupert Mampilly ()
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Dr. Manju P.George: Assistant Professor, PSG Institute of Management (PSG College of Technology) Coimbatore – 641 004, India
K. Sri Gayathridevi: Assistant Professor PSG Institute of Management (PSG College of Technology) Coimbatore – 641 004, India
Dr.Sebastian Rupert Mampilly: Professor, School of Management Studies Cochin University of Science and Technology Cochin – 22, India

Far East Journal of Psychology and Business, 2012, vol. 7 No 2 Paper 5 May, issue 5, 66-77

Abstract: The present study compares the Big-five personality profiles and the psychosocial maturity among male and female students pursuing their full time management program me in B-schools located in Coimbatore. The study also examines the relationship between personality profile and psycho-social maturity among students. The findings revealed that the male students have a significantly higher score in three of the personality traits, namely, extraversion, agreeableness and conscientiousness and one of the psycho-social maturity dimension cooperativeness. Moreover the relationship between personality profile and the psycho-social maturity revealed that there is positive correlation between cooperativeness (psycho-social maturity)and the four factors of personality; extraversion, openness, agreeableness and conscientiousness, Efficacy over openness and conscientiousness; positive correlation between Perseverance over conscientiousness and negative correlation between neuroticism and perseverance.

Keywords: NEO Five Personality; Psychosocial maturity; B – School (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: M1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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