The effect of demographic variables on the university’s proactive personality and uncertainty avoidance

• Published in: Journal of Economic and Social Thought 2018-12, Vol.5 (4), p.340
• Main Authors: ŞENELDİR, Okan, ÜZÜM, Burcu, ŞENOL, Leyla
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Personality
• ISSN: 2149-0422; 2149-0422
• DOI: 10.1453/jest.v5i4.1806

The aim of this study is to determine the relationship between the demographic variables of the students studying in Kocaeli Vocational School of Business Administration program and their tendency to avoid uncertainty. In this study, the cultural dimensions scale of Hofstede used by Altay (2004) was used to measure the tendency to avoid uncertainty. In this study, the Proactive personality scale of Bateman and Crant used by Akgündüz et al., (2017) was used to measure the tendency to proactive personality. In addition, questions were asked about the demographic variables (gender, mother is or not life, the status of the parents, the income level, the educational status of the parents, number of siblings and success status). The sampling method was used easily in the study. The sample of the study consisted of 154 students. The data were analyzed by SPSS program. The significance level was accepted as 0.05. It was seen that demographic variables of university students had no effect on proactive personality and avoidance of uncertainty.