Personality traits
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Date
2018
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UMT.Lahore
Abstract
This Research Project investigated the difference of Personality Traits, Time
Management Assessment and strength of Motivation between Working (in the afternoon) and
Non-Working or Full-Time Students. The objective of the study was to study an ever increasing
strength of working students on university campuses in pursuit of education. We formulated
three Hypotheses for our research project; 1 Working Students are more self-motivated as
compared to Non-Working Students. 2, Time Management Self-Assessment is more likely to
poor in Non-Working Students as compared to Working Students. 3, Personality Traits of
Conscientiousness and Openness to Experience is stronger among Working and Non-Working
Students. The sample size of our study consisted of 140 participants; 70 working and 70 non
working students who were currently enrolled in 7th or 8th semesters in the Private Universities;
UMT, BNU & UCP. The participants were selected by Purposive sampling on the basis of their
availability and consent to participate in the study. Participants were given questionnaires which
included Demographic questions, scales of Personality Traits, Time Management Self
Assessment and Motivation Inventory. Relevant measures were used to tap these variables after
taking permission from the authors.
We used Independent Sample T test for our research and correlation regression. Analysis
of results revealed that working students had significantly higher degree of motivation than their
counterparts. They were also higher on time management than non-working students; however,
the difference was not statistically significant. Bothe the groups were compared on personality
traits as well but they were found to be scoring more or less the same and so no difference was
observed in the result of personality attributes of both groups (working and non-working
students). To sum up, self-motivation defined the two groups clearly as distinct from each other
clearly and convincingly. The findings are discussed along with implications for students,
educators and college administrators.