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Personality Assessment and Careers

By: Patrick J. Rottinghaus
In: Encyclopedia of Counseling
Edited by: Frederick T. L. Leong
Subject:General Counseling & Psychotherapy, Counseling Psychology
Keywords:career assessment; career counseling; careers; extraversion; personality; personality and careers; personality assessment

The term personality typically refers to one's characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling, and behaving. In addition to the stable, trait-like features often evoked by this construct (e.g., sociability, dominance, modesty), many theories also emphasize the roles ...

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  Rottinghaus, P. (2008). Personality assessment and careers. In F. T. Leong (Ed.), Encyclopedia of counseling (Vol. 1, pp. 1599-1600). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781412963978.n569
  
  Rottinghaus, Patrick J. "Personality Assessment and Careers." In Encyclopedia of Counseling, edited by Leong, Frederick T. L., 1599-600. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412963978.n569.
  
  Rottinghaus, P. 2008. Personality Assessment and Careers. In: Frederick T. Leong Editor, 2008. Encyclopedia of Counseling, Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. pp. 1599-1600 Available at: <http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781412963978.n569> [Accessed 20 Apr 2021].
  
  Rottinghaus, Patrick J. "Personality Assessment and Careers." Encyclopedia of Counseling. Edited by Frederick T. Leong. Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2008, pp. 1599-600. SAGE Knowledge. 20 Apr 2021, doi: http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781412963978.n569.
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