TY - JOUR
T1 - Big five personality influences trajectories of information seeking behavior
AU - Zhang, Zhuoran
AU - Yao, Xiang
AU - Yuan, Shuai
AU - Deng, Yingxin
AU - Guo, Chao
N1 - Funding Information:
This paper was funded by The National Natural Science Foundation of China (No: 31671121 ).
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - This article reports results of a study observing how big-five personality traits influence the trajectories of information-seeking adaptive behaviors among university freshmen. Data are collected from 409 freshmen at a Chinese university at 3, 5, 7, and 9 months after university enrollment. A latent growth mixture model is applied to reveal four trajectories of information-seeking behaviors: high or low maintaining, downward or upward. When the information-seeking trajectories are related to personality traits, openness and agreeableness are associated with high maintaining, while agreeableness is associated with downward trajectories. The study provides strong empirical evidence supporting the Minnesota theory of work adjustment and provides important insights to practitioners who want to enhance newcomer adjustment at all organizations.
AB - This article reports results of a study observing how big-five personality traits influence the trajectories of information-seeking adaptive behaviors among university freshmen. Data are collected from 409 freshmen at a Chinese university at 3, 5, 7, and 9 months after university enrollment. A latent growth mixture model is applied to reveal four trajectories of information-seeking behaviors: high or low maintaining, downward or upward. When the information-seeking trajectories are related to personality traits, openness and agreeableness are associated with high maintaining, while agreeableness is associated with downward trajectories. The study provides strong empirical evidence supporting the Minnesota theory of work adjustment and provides important insights to practitioners who want to enhance newcomer adjustment at all organizations.
KW - Agreeableness
KW - Behavior change trajectories
KW - Information-seeking behavior
KW - Minnesota theory of work adjustment
KW - Openness to experience
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U2 - 10.1016/j.paid.2021.110631
DO - 10.1016/j.paid.2021.110631
M3 - Article
SN - 0191-8869
VL - 173
JO - Personality and Individual Differences
JF - Personality and Individual Differences
M1 - 110631
ER -