Journal article
The Nature and Power of Interests
Current directions in psychological science : a journal of the American Psychological Society, Vol.23(2), pp.98-103
04/01/2014
DOI: 10.1177/0963721414522812
Abstract
Despite their significance to both individuals and organizations, interests are often misunderstood, and their predictive power is often overlooked. In this article, we discuss the nature of interests, describe several key features of interests, and, contrary to the received knowledge of many, explain how interests can be used to predict career and educational choice, performance, and success. Finally, we discuss the continuity of interests across the life span and explain how evidence of stability supports conceptualizations of interests as being distinct dispositions rather than simply extensions or workplace instantiations of basic personality traits.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- The Nature and Power of Interests
- Creators
- James Rounds - University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignRong Su - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Current directions in psychological science : a journal of the American Psychological Society, Vol.23(2), pp.98-103
- Publisher
- Sage
- DOI
- 10.1177/0963721414522812
- ISSN
- 0963-7214
- eISSN
- 1467-8721
- Number of pages
- 6
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 04/01/2014
- Academic Unit
- Management and Entrepreneurship
- Record Identifier
- 9984380427802771
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