Career Success of Preschool Teachers in Germany--The Significance of the Big Five Personality Traits, Locus of Control, and Occupational Self-Efficacy

Autor/inn/en	Smidt, Wilfried; Kammermeyer, Gisela; Roux, Susanna; Theisen, Christiane; Weber, Christian
Titel	Career Success of Preschool Teachers in Germany--The Significance of the Big Five Personality Traits, Locus of Control, and Occupational Self-Efficacy
Quelle	In: Early Child Development and Care, 188 (2018) 10, S.1340-1353 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0300-4430
DOI	10.1080/03004430.2017.1314275
Schlagwörter	Preschool Teachers; Personality Traits; Locus of Control; Self Efficacy; Success; Foreign Countries; Preschool Education; Individual Differences; Longitudinal Studies; Career Development; Predictor Variables; Germany + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Pre-school education; Preschool education; Erzieher; Erzieherin; Kindergärtnerin; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Erfolg; Ausland; Individueller Unterschied; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Berufsentwicklung; Prädiktor; Deutschland
Abstract	The career success of preschool teachers has been discussed to be important because it can be a precondition for the ability to provide a high-quality preschool education. Consequently, the identification of factors that can help explain individual differences in career success is a crucial research issue. Previous research covering various occupations indicates that the Big Five, internal locus of control (LOC), and occupational self-efficacy are good predictors of objective and subjective career success. However, there is a research gap on this topic in preschool teachers. This study examined whether the Big Five, LOC, and occupational self-efficacy could predict the career success of 560 preschool teachers in Germany. After controlling for other predictors, internal LOC corresponded with higher objective career success, but neuroticism and conscientiousness corresponded with lower subjective career success. Occupational self-efficacy corresponded with higher subjective career success. The findings are discussed with respect to practical conclusions. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01