Personality, career success and career transition intention among working graduates in Kampala, Uganda

Abstract

The main purpose of this study was to examine the association between personality, career success, and career transition intention. The study also examined the moderating effect of career success on the association between personality and career transition intention among working graduates in Kampala, Uganda. A cross-sectional survey design was adopted. Data was collected from 155 working graduates selected from three organizations. The Pearson product-moment correlation was used to examine the relationships. The moderating effect of career success on the relationship between personality and career transition intention was examined using moderated regression in PROCESS macro version 3.1. The study findings revealed that subjective career success was significantly positively related to conscientiousness and extraversion. On the other hand, it was significantly negatively related to openness to experience. Objective career success was significantly positively related to conscientiousness and extraversion. However, it was found to be significantly negatively related to neuroticism and openness to experience. Career transition intention was negatively related to both forms of career success. Career transition intention was significantly positively related to openness to experience and neuroticism and; significantly negatively related to agreeableness, conscientiousness and extraversion. Career success was found not to moderate the association between each of the personality traits and career transition intention.