Sunu: Dr. Olcay Yılmaz
TED University
Faculty of Education
"A common yet controversially valid theory of personality: Holland’s theory and its shortfall in Turkish culture "
by
Dr. Olcay Yılmaz
Date: May 28, 2018, Tuesday
Time: 11:00 - 11:30
Place: D126
In this research Holland’s theory of personality types (1973, 1985, 1997) is criticized in the light of some evidence based researches and cultural validity review. Even though there are various scientific approaches in career counseling, Holland’s personality types theory is one of the most commonly used. In fact when related researches are examined it is seen that there are various findings about Holland’s RIASEC model’s validity in different cultures. Various Holland’s personality theory based researches showed some firm proof on cultural validity in Ireland, Croatia, Serbia, China and Germany. Meanwhile researches in some countries (Mexico, Spanish Bask Region, Hong Kong, Philippines, India) which have relatively different cultural construct, reported partial validity. It is widely accepted that in many cultures dimension of interest inventories measure different attributes with a various sensitivity. In Turkish culture Holland’s model was tested by Balkıs (2004) and Yilmaz (2011, 2016) and even though it was concluded that RIASEC model might be considered as valid for Turkish culture some discrepancies were found, especially in Social, Conventional and Realistic types. In this research arbitrary and broad definitions of some personality types are discussed using these findings. As researchers conluded, type of statistical methodology is influential besides different cultural constructs when identifying the validity.
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