Psychopathic Personality Traits and Empathy in Business and Psychology: An Examination of the Attraction, Selection and Attrition Cycle in Higher Education.

Attracting and selecting students that are well suited to their academic discipline is associated with improved student outcomes. This research is the first to test the utility of the Attraction, Selection and Attrition framework in higher education. Findings indicate that attraction, selection and...

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Main Author: Litten, Verity Emma
Format: Thesis
Published: Curtin University 2019
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/82106
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description Attracting and selecting students that are well suited to their academic discipline is associated with improved student outcomes. This research is the first to test the utility of the Attraction, Selection and Attrition framework in higher education. Findings indicate that attraction, selection and socialisation processes contribute to increased personality homogenisation within business and psychology academic disciplines. These findings can be used to inform educational recruitment practices which subsequently determine the future of these professions.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-821062020-12-11T03:32:27Z Psychopathic Personality Traits and Empathy in Business and Psychology: An Examination of the Attraction, Selection and Attrition Cycle in Higher Education. Litten, Verity Emma Attracting and selecting students that are well suited to their academic discipline is associated with improved student outcomes. This research is the first to test the utility of the Attraction, Selection and Attrition framework in higher education. Findings indicate that attraction, selection and socialisation processes contribute to increased personality homogenisation within business and psychology academic disciplines. These findings can be used to inform educational recruitment practices which subsequently determine the future of these professions. 2019 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/82106 Curtin University fulltext
spellingShingle Litten, Verity Emma
Psychopathic Personality Traits and Empathy in Business and Psychology: An Examination of the Attraction, Selection and Attrition Cycle in Higher Education.
title Psychopathic Personality Traits and Empathy in Business and Psychology: An Examination of the Attraction, Selection and Attrition Cycle in Higher Education.
title_full Psychopathic Personality Traits and Empathy in Business and Psychology: An Examination of the Attraction, Selection and Attrition Cycle in Higher Education.
title_fullStr Psychopathic Personality Traits and Empathy in Business and Psychology: An Examination of the Attraction, Selection and Attrition Cycle in Higher Education.
title_full_unstemmed Psychopathic Personality Traits and Empathy in Business and Psychology: An Examination of the Attraction, Selection and Attrition Cycle in Higher Education.
title_short Psychopathic Personality Traits and Empathy in Business and Psychology: An Examination of the Attraction, Selection and Attrition Cycle in Higher Education.
title_sort psychopathic personality traits and empathy in business and psychology: an examination of the attraction, selection and attrition cycle in higher education.
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/82106