Personality patterns of physicians in person-oriented and technique-oriented specialties
students; personality; Psychology; physicians; school; 5-factor model; traits; choice; Big-Five Factors; Career specialty choice; female; medical specialty; multipotentiality; myers-briggs type; psychological characteristics
This study investigated differences in personality patterns between person-oriented and technique-oriented physicians. It tested an integrative framework by converting the scores on the Personality Research Form (PRF) to the Big-Five factors and built a predictive model of group membership in clinical specialty area. PRF scores from 238 physicians (153 person-oriented and 85 technique-oriented) were used for this retrospective study. Significant personality differences between group means existed for seven of the traits on the PRF and two Big-Five factors. Results of a stepwise discriminant analysis indicated that two PRF traits and one Big-Five factor had the greatest ability to discriminate between person-oriented and technique-oriented physicians. Findings of this study provide support for establishing personality profiles of physicians interested in person-oriented versus technique-oriented specialties. Examining personality differences among male and female physicians is discussed as an area for future research. (c) 2003 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Borges N J; Gibson D D
Journal of Vocational Behavior
2005
2005-08
Journal Article or Conference Abstract Publication
<a href="http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvb.2003.12.015" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">10.1016/j.jvb.2003.12.015</a>
Work values and job satisfaction of family physicians
Psychology; metaanalysis; Health; primary-care physicians; trends; medical-students; school; specialty choice; Medical career development; Work values; life-style; Career specialty choice; general-surgery; Job satisfaction; personality scale scores; Physician Values in Practice Scale; Values assessment
Theory and prior research suggest linkages between work values and job satisfaction. The present study examined such linkages in a group of workers in a professional occupation. Family physicians (134 women, 206 men, 88% Caucasian) responded to context-specific measures of work values and job satisfaction. ANOVA results indicated a work values hierarchy of Autonomy, Service, Lifestyle, Scholarly Pursuits, Management and Prestige in decreasing order of importance. Canonical correlation analysis yielded a significant function with three work values collectively predicting job satisfaction: Lifestyle (negatively) and Service and Scholarly Pursuits (positively) in decreasing order of magnitude. The study findings may be useful to medical students in the specialty choice process, to medical school faculty advising such students, and to currently practicing physicians contemplating career specialty change. Future research may examine work values and job satisfaction differences across employment and geographic settings, give increased attention to cultural variables, and include intervention studies and longitudinal designs. (C) 2013 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Bouwkamp-Memmer J C; Whiston S C; Hartung P J
Journal of Vocational Behavior
2013
2013-06
Journal Article or Conference Abstract Publication
<a href="http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvb.2013.02.001" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">10.1016/j.jvb.2013.02.001</a>
Personality, Vocational Interests, And Work Values Of Medical Students
career specialty choice; dissatisfaction; interests; Medical students; neo-pi-r; personality; physicians; Psychology; satisfaction; selection; Stability; traits; values
Duffy R D; Borges N J; Hartung P J
Journal of Career Assessment
2009
2009-05
Journal Article or Conference Abstract Publication
<a href="http://doi.org/10.1177/1069072708329035" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">10.1177/1069072708329035</a>
Using Person Matching To Predict Career Specialty Choice
career specialty choice; congruence; environment congruence; fit; Holland's theory; idiographic assessment; occupations; person matching; person-environment fit; personality assessment; Psychology
Person matching promotes career exploration and choice by linking persons to persons in occupations based on inventory profile score similarity. We examined the efficacy of the procedure for career specialty choice. Medical students (N = 196 women, 224 men) responded to the Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire (16PF) in their first year of training. After graduating and selecting a medical residency, members of a reference subgroup (n = 62) of the total sample were matched with members of a. criterion subgroup (n = 358) based on 16PF score equivalencies determined by the D-2 statistic. Person matching predicted medical specialty choice 43-60% of the time. Using broader specialty group categories and adding criterion persons increased the number of specialty matches. Additional refinement and analysis should enhance the efficacy of this idiographic approach as an alternative to nomothetic P-E matching for career exploration. Future research should examine person matching in terms of consequential validity. (c) 2004 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Hartung P J; Borges N J; Jones B J
Journal of Vocational Behavior
2005
2005-08
Journal Article or Conference Abstract Publication
<a href="http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvb.2004.03.001" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">10.1016/j.jvb.2004.03.001</a>