Vocational Personality Types in College Engineering Students Influencing Their Academic Success

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Abstract

This study sought to explore whether and to what extent vocational personality types based on Holland (1994) correlate with and explain unique variance of academic success among undergraduate engineering students. Findings indicated that the majority of civil engineering students’ first letter code was Realistic (22.7%), second letter code was Investigative (14.3%), and third letter code was Social (12.3%). The Realistic personality type and congruence score significantly explained unique variance in cumulative GPA. The congruence score also significantly explained unique variance in current term GPA. Overall findings from this research indicate that personality can serve as an important predictor of academic achievement of engineering students. Educational implications are discussed.

Authors

• Yi Ding, Fordham University

• Qian Wang, Manhattan College

• Naser Hourieh, Fordham University