회계전공학생들과 회계비전공학생들의 성격에 관한 탐색적 연구

Personality is comprehensive nature of the mood and attitude of people. It is most clearly revealed in one's interaction with other people. In order to understand the nature of an organization, it needs to be investigated from the perspective of students who will become future members of the organization. Based on ‘The Big Five' personality model, hypothetical causal relationships between students' potential personality and their major were examined. Research hypotheses were empirically tested with data collected from 296 students. Results are summarized as below: First, it was shown that there exist significant differences in the aspects of Conscientiousness and Emotional Stability between the accounting majors and non-accounting majors. Second, it was shown that students of high computer literacy displayed more Openness than those of low computer literacy. Third, in terms of satisfaction with major, students with high satisfaction were found to be more extrovert than those with low satisfaction with major. Fourth, male students were more of Open personality compared with female students. Fifth, in terms of recommending one's major to others, students who indicated recommendation were higher in the aspects of Conscientiousness, Extraversion, and Emotional stability compared with those who indicated no recommendation. Sixth, in terms of tendency of communicativeness, students who communicated more frequently with others were more extrovert compared with those who did not. Seventh, Students who participate in the decision-making process were more extrovert and of Open personality. Finally, in terms of the relationship between personality and scores, no significant relationship was found in all the Big Five personality factors.