EXAMINATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PERSONALITY TRAITS AND VOCATIONAL INTERESTS: IN A SAMPLE OF THE UK UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS

Abstract

The main purpose of this study is to explore the relationship between personality traits (“dark” (i.e. Dark Triad) and “bright” (i.e. HEXACO)) and vocational interests (i.e. RIASEC) in individualist (UK) culture (Hofstede, 1991; Schwartz, 2006), achieved by considering Individualism-Collectivism (I-C) Theory within a group of undergraduate samples in the UK. The participants were 445 individualist undergraduate students. The results provide suggestions: Apart from other relations, Extraversion (part of ‘bright’ side) and Dark Triad personality traits are positively, while Honesty-humility (part of ‘bright’ side) is negatively related with Enterprising, suggesting that these could be considered together when examining the relationship between personality and vocational interests. Limitations, implications and further studies are discussed.