The relationship between Kolb's experiential learning styles and Big Five personality traits in international managers

Li, Ming; Armstrong, Steven J.

Abstract

This study investigates the relationship between learning style and personality in international managers. Two-hundred-and-sixty-nine managers completed the NEO Five Factor Inventory (NEO-FFI) and Kolb’s Learning Style Inventory (KLSI 3.1). Regression analyses revealed that extraverted managers: have a preference for grasping new experience by engaging in concrete experience rather than abstract conceptualization; prefer to transform experience via active experimentation rather than reflective observation; and tend to have an accommodative learning style. It was concluded that whilst Kolb’s experiential learning style construct is associated with personality, it is also distinct from personality.

Citation

Li, M., & Armstrong, S. J. (2015). The relationship between Kolb's experiential learning styles and Big Five personality traits in international managers. Personality and individual differences, 86, 422-426. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2015.07.001

• Journal Article Type: Other
• Acceptance Date: Jul 2, 2015
• Online Publication Date: Jul 15, 2015
• Publication Date: 2015-11
• Deposit Date: Aug 21, 2015
• Publicly Available Date: Nov 23, 2017
• Journal: Personality and individual differences
• Print ISSN: 0191-8869
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 86
• Pages: 422-426
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2015.07.001
• Keywords: Personality; Learning style
• Public URL: https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/377757
• Publisher URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0191886915004420
• Additional Information: Authors' accepted manuscript of article published in: Personality and individual differences, 2015, v.86.
• Contract Date: Nov 23, 2017