Complex Relationship of Personality Traits on Teachers' Perceptions of Sustainable Careers
A Qualitative Comparative Analysis With the Big Five
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21375728 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Volkan Aşkun (0000-0003-2746-502X, Vocational School of Social Sciences Akdeniz University Türkiye, corresponding author), Ecem Muslu (0000-0002-9797-5618, Republic of Turkey Ministry of National Education Mustafakemalpaşa Bursa Türkiye) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 62 |
| Issue | 11 |
| Pages | 4426-4439 |
| Publication date | 2025-11-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Psychology in the Schools (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0033-3085 • E-ISSN: 1520-6807 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/pits.70013 |
| OpenAlex | W4411280861 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 70 |
This study investigates how the interaction of teachers’ personality traits and demographic characteristics shapes their perceptions of sustainable careers (PoSC) within the framework of Complex Adaptive Systems (CAS). By looking at the Big Five Personality Traits along with conditions like age, gender, marital status, and parenthood, the research uses Qualitative Comparative Analysis to understand how these traits combine. Data collected from 315 teachers across Türkiye yielded seven distinct configurations that contribute to high PoSC. Across these, agreeableness, conscientiousness, and open‐mindedness emerged as core traits, while extraversion and negative emotionality demonstrated varying influences depending on demographic context. The research underscores the nonlinear, context‐dependent nature of career sustainability and highlights equifinality—multiple pathways leading to the same outcome. By integrating sustainable careers theory with CAS, this study offers a novel lens to understand how individual and systemic conditions co‐shape career experiences in education. It also offers useful information about developing differentiated support strategies based on personality‐demographic interactions, particularly within the centralized and culturally specific context of the Turkish education system
Big Five personality traits · Developmental psychology · Mathematics education · Perception · Personality · Qualitative analysis · Qualitative research · Social science · Sociology · Applied Psychology · Cultural Differences and Values · Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences · Psychology · Qualitative Comparative Analysis Research · Social Psychology
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| Citations per year | 1 |
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| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |