It has been argued that how a person's career unfolds is increasingly affected by his or her own values, personality characteristics, goals and preferences. The current study addresses the issue of how we can explain that personality traits are associated with the enactment of certain career roles. Two survey studies (e.g., a two wave worker sample and a cross-sectional worker sample) were conducted to investigate the relationships between personality traits, career role preferences and career role enactment. As expected, results indicate that peoples' personality traits predicted the preference for certain roles in the work context which, in turn, predicted the career roles they actually occupy. Specifically, our findings show that Extraversion, Conscientiousness and Openness to experience influence various career role preferences (i.e., Maker, Expert, Presenter, Guide, Director, and Inspirer role preferences) and, subsequently, the enactment of these career roles. Other traits, such as Neuroticism and Agreeableness, seem less important in predicting role preferences and subsequent role enactment. These results underline the importance of acknowledging not only individual trait differences but especially role preferences in explaining how careers develop over time. Further implications, limitations and research ideas are discussed.

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性格特征和职业角色制定：作为中介者的职业角色偏好。

有人认为，一个人的职业发展如何越来越受到他或她自己的价值观，个性特征，目标和偏好的影响。当前的研究解决了我们如何解释人格特质与某些职业角色的制定有关的问题。进行了两项调查研究（例如，两波工人样本和横断面工人样本）以研究人格特质，职业角色偏好和职业角色制定之间的关系。正如预期的那样，结果表明人们的人格特质预测了在工作环境中对某些角色的偏好，从而反过来预测了他们实际占据的职业角色。具体而言，我们的发现表明，经历的外向性，尽责性和开放性会影响各种职业角色偏好（即，制作者，专家，演示者，指南，导演和启发者角色首选项），然后制定这些职业角色。其他特质，例如神经质和宜人性，在预测角色偏好和随后的角色制定时似乎不太重要。这些结果强调了在解释职业如何随着时间发展时，不仅要承认个人特质的差异，而且要特别注意角色偏好的重要性。讨论了进一步的含义，局限性和研究思路。这些结果强调了在解释职业如何随着时间发展时，不仅要承认个人特质的差异，而且要特别注意角色偏好的重要性。讨论了进一步的含义，局限性和研究思路。这些结果强调了在解释职业如何随着时间发展时，不仅要承认个人特质的差异，而且要特别注意角色偏好的重要性。讨论了进一步的含义，局限性和研究思路。