Gruda, Dritjon and McCleskey, Jim and Khoury, Issa
(2023)
Cause we are living in a Machiavellian world, and I am a Machiavellian major: Machiavellianism and academic major choice.
Personality and Individual Differences, 205 (112096).
pp. 1-5.
ISSN 0191-8869
Abstract
Students from diverse academic majors differ in their personalities. However, the study of the association between Machiavellianism (i.e., desire for power, status, and social dominance) and educational choices (i.e.,
academic major choices) that lay a path toward occupations that allow for those outcomes has been largely
ignored. Using a large multinational sample of 35,025 participants across 50 majors, we found overall support for
a significant association between Machiavellianism and academic major choice. We break down the results by
sex and provide a cross-country comparison.
| Item Type: |
Article
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| Keywords: |
Machiavellianism;
Personality;
Academic major;
College;
Education; |
| Academic Unit: |
Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Business |
| Item ID: |
17609 |
| Identification Number: |
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2023.112096 |
| Depositing User: |
Jon Gruda
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| Date Deposited: |
27 Sep 2023 11:39 |
| Journal or Publication Title: |
Personality and Individual Differences |
| Publisher: |
Elsevier |
| Refereed: |
Yes |
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