Ingrid L. Potgieter|Melinde Coetzee
Employability attributes and personality preferences of postgraduate business management students
University of South Africa|University of South Africa
orientation demand sustained employability proactive career agency led renewed interest dispositional psychological attributes students employees like employability attributes personality preferences relate proactive management career development changing employment worldresearch purpose purpose study determine relationship employees employability attributes employability attributes scale measures personality preferences myersbriggs type indicator form measures motivation study seems paucity information employees personality preferences relate employability attributes south africas multicultural organisational contextresearch design approach method authors conducted quantitative survey involved nonprobability sample 304 early career adults enrolled honours degree business management open distance learning higher education institution used correlational statistics multiple regression analyses analyse datamain findings authors observed number significant relationships participants personality preferences employability attributespracticalmanagerial implications career counsellors human resource practitioners need recognise employees personality preferences influence employability attributes management career development employabilitycontributionvalue add findings add existing career literature career metacompetencies influence employees employability also provide valuable information organisations use career development support counselling practices contemporary world work