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Personality traits and creativity among pre-service teachers of public universities in Nigeria

Personality traits and creativity among pre-service teachers of public universities in Kwara state in Nigeria is the focus of the study. Using a descriptive survey of the correlational type, 586 respondents were proportionately selected. The Big-Five personality traits by John & Srivastava (1999...

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Main Authors: Oniye, Masud Ibrahim, Hassan, Zainudin, Saleh, Sofiazianti, Tawakalitu, Mas’ud Oniye, Quadri, Taofeek Adedayo
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Published: Institute of Advanced Scientific Research, Inc. 2020
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H Social Sciences (General)
Online Access:http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/91410/
http://dx.doi.org/10.5373/JARDCS/V12SP7/20202425
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spelling my.utm.914102021-06-30T12:16:10Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/91410/ Personality traits and creativity among pre-service teachers of public universities in Nigeria Oniye, Masud Ibrahim Hassan, Zainudin Saleh, Sofiazianti Tawakalitu, Mas’ud Oniye Quadri, Taofeek Adedayo H Social Sciences (General) Personality traits and creativity among pre-service teachers of public universities in Kwara state in Nigeria is the focus of the study. Using a descriptive survey of the correlational type, 586 respondents were proportionately selected. The Big-Five personality traits by John & Srivastava (1999) was adopted for data collection. Out of the 586 copies of a questionnaire administered, 455 were retrieved; while 357 were adequate for data analysis. The Pearson (r) statistics and Multiple Regression Analysis (MRA) was used to analyze the data collected. The findings indicated that there was no significant relationship between extraversion(r = 0.036), neuroticism (r = 0.087) and creativity; but positive relationship exists between agreeableness and creativity (r = 0.142); conscientiousness and creativity (r = 0.128) and openness and creativity (r = 0.318). The Big-Five personality traits are jointly predictors of creativity, but only openness independently predicts creativity; while extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness and neuroticism did not predict creativity. Therefore, teachers‘ education should be targeted towards identifying their personality traits and how they can be harnessed for creativity oriented educational development. Institute of Advanced Scientific Research, Inc. 2020 Article PeerReviewed Oniye, Masud Ibrahim and Hassan, Zainudin and Saleh, Sofiazianti and Tawakalitu, Mas’ud Oniye and Quadri, Taofeek Adedayo (2020) Personality traits and creativity among pre-service teachers of public universities in Nigeria. Journal of Advanced Research in Dynamical and Control Systems, 12 (7). pp. 2840-2846. ISSN 1943-023X http://dx.doi.org/10.5373/JARDCS/V12SP7/20202425
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topic H Social Sciences (General)
spellingShingle H Social Sciences (General)
Oniye, Masud Ibrahim
Hassan, Zainudin
Saleh, Sofiazianti
Tawakalitu, Mas’ud Oniye
Quadri, Taofeek Adedayo
Personality traits and creativity among pre-service teachers of public universities in Nigeria
description Personality traits and creativity among pre-service teachers of public universities in Kwara state in Nigeria is the focus of the study. Using a descriptive survey of the correlational type, 586 respondents were proportionately selected. The Big-Five personality traits by John & Srivastava (1999) was adopted for data collection. Out of the 586 copies of a questionnaire administered, 455 were retrieved; while 357 were adequate for data analysis. The Pearson (r) statistics and Multiple Regression Analysis (MRA) was used to analyze the data collected. The findings indicated that there was no significant relationship between extraversion(r = 0.036), neuroticism (r = 0.087) and creativity; but positive relationship exists between agreeableness and creativity (r = 0.142); conscientiousness and creativity (r = 0.128) and openness and creativity (r = 0.318). The Big-Five personality traits are jointly predictors of creativity, but only openness independently predicts creativity; while extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness and neuroticism did not predict creativity. Therefore, teachers‘ education should be targeted towards identifying their personality traits and how they can be harnessed for creativity oriented educational development.
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author Oniye, Masud Ibrahim
Hassan, Zainudin
Saleh, Sofiazianti
Tawakalitu, Mas’ud Oniye
Quadri, Taofeek Adedayo
author_facet Oniye, Masud Ibrahim
Hassan, Zainudin
Saleh, Sofiazianti
Tawakalitu, Mas’ud Oniye
Quadri, Taofeek Adedayo
author_sort Oniye, Masud Ibrahim
title Personality traits and creativity among pre-service teachers of public universities in Nigeria
title_short Personality traits and creativity among pre-service teachers of public universities in Nigeria
title_full Personality traits and creativity among pre-service teachers of public universities in Nigeria
title_fullStr Personality traits and creativity among pre-service teachers of public universities in Nigeria
title_full_unstemmed Personality traits and creativity among pre-service teachers of public universities in Nigeria
title_sort personality traits and creativity among pre-service teachers of public universities in nigeria
publisher Institute of Advanced Scientific Research, Inc.
publishDate 2020
url http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/91410/
http://dx.doi.org/10.5373/JARDCS/V12SP7/20202425
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