Personality and adjustment in South African higher education accounting studies

Elmarie Papageorgiou and Chris William Callaghan

South African Journal of Accounting Research, 2018, vol. 32, issue 2-3, 189-204

Abstract: This study seeks to investigate the contribution of individual personality differences to diverse aspects of accounting student adjustment to university in the context of a South African university. In a context in which many have but one opportunity to access higher education, knowledge of specific personality-related vulnerabilities to adjustment is considered. Multiple linear regression analysis was applied to 939 questionnaire responses of first-year accountancy students. Findings indicate that conscientiousness may offer an adjustment advantage across almost all adjustment dimensions, and neuroticism might represent a specific vulnerability. Findings may have implications for university contexts globally which share similarities with the South African university context of increasing diversity.

Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1080/10291954.2018.1442649

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