The Impact of Individual Characteristics, Personality Traits, Perceived Risk on Young People's Intention to Participate in Overseas Working Holiday

Hospitality students at the online classes during COVID-19 – How personality affects experience?

“…Students were asked to describe themselves on the basis of the personality traits in Section II . These items (five items each of agreeableness, neuroticism, extraversion, openness, and conscientiousness) were adopted from Bhagat et al (2019) and Tai et al (2012) . The items regarding neuroticism were recoded to assess how well the students understand the items.…”

“…Personality refers to the underlying traits that determine the patterns of a person's behavior, thoughts, and feelings, as well as the psychological mechanisms that govern such patterns ( Bhagat, Wu, & Chang, 2019 ; Jani, 2014 ; Tai, Chen, Chang, & Hong, 2012 ). Personality traits are relatively stable across time, cultures, and a range of contexts, such as in leadership, workplace, and academics ( Barnes, Mahar, Wong, & Rune, 2017 ).…”

“…Agreeable dimensions include traits, such as being warm, empathetic, generous, and moral ( Jani, 2014 ). Neuroticism explains the degree of stimulus needed to arouse negative emotions in an individual ( Tai et al, 2012 ). It evaluates emotional stability and instability, including anxiety, uptightness, and nervousness.…”

“…Extraverted students tend to be optimistic, adventurous, talkative, vigorous, assertive, and active ( Costa & McCrae, 1992 ; Jani, 2014 ). Openness to experience presents an individual who can accept unfamiliar and novel things ( Tai et al, 2012 ). An individual's openness to experience are manifested by qualities of being creative, curious, artistic, intellectual, deep, and insightful ( Jani, 2014 ; John & Srivastava, 1999 ).…”

Cruise tourism ‘brain drain’: exploring the role of personality traits, educational experience and career choice attributes

“…Students' attitudes towards tourism-related study and employment (e.g. Tai et al, 2012;Richardson, 2010;Teng, 2008) On a general note, it seems that extraversion and agreeableness are most relevant in terms of job performance and satisfaction in hospitality, while conscientiousness constitutes a reliable predictor for academic success and career progression. The BFI, has had its critics and various adaptations / extensions of it are available.…”