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    Cause we are living in a Machiavellian world, and I am a Machiavellian major: Machiavellianism and academic major choice


    Gruda, Dritjon, 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

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    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
    Keywords: Machiavellianism; Personality; Academic major; College; Education;
    Academic Unit: Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Business
    Item ID: 17609
    Identification Number: 10.1016/j.paid.2023.112096
    Depositing User: Jon Gruda
    Date Deposited: 27 Sep 2023 11:39
    Journal or Publication Title: Personality and Individual Differences
    Publisher: Elsevier
    Refereed: Yes
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    URI: https://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/id/eprint/17609
    Use Licence: This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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