Personality type, social intelligence and occupational stressors among lawyers
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2017
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University of Management and Technology
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Present study investigates the relationship among Personality Type, Social Intelligence and Occupational Stressors in Lawyers. A sample of 250 lawyers was selected through purposive sampling technique, comprising male lawyers with the age range of 25 to 50 years with the (M= 32.21 & SD= 7.37). Big Five Personality Inventory (John & Srivastava, 1999) was used to explore the personality type and Social Intelligence Scale (Habib, Saleem & Mahmood, 2015) to assess the social intelligence among lawyers. Regression analysis revealed that Personality type such as neuroticism, openness and social manipulation are predictive factors of stressors in lawyers. The result of t-test revealed that lawyers who were in their early adulthood (25-35) showed more openness, lawyers with any other profession and living in joint family system has neuroticism personality trait, lawyers who have 2-3 years' work experience has more interpersonal problems, lawyers who have 3-5 years' experience more interpersonal problems and apprehensive. Overall the results indicated moderate level prevalence occupational stressors and mental health problems among lawyers according to cultural context.
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Supervised by: Dr. Fatima Naeem
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Personality Type, Social Intelligence, MS Thesis