While much research has been devoted to the study of personality, the separate construct of “workplace personality” is beginning to gain empirical attention. The current study takes a closer look at the factor structure of the Workplace Personality Inventory, a measure used to describe workplace personality using sixteen different scales measuring traits associated with positive job performance. This study also uses correlation analyses to determine the relation between workplace personality, personality traits, and self-efficacy. Social Cognitive Career Theory (SCCT) emphasizes the unique and important contribution of self-efficacy to career development and exploration. The present study determines the relationship between personality as measured by the NEO-FFI and workplace personality as it is measured by the WPI. The present study also uses self-efficacy scores and indicators of the Big Five personality factors (as measured by the NEO-FFI) to predict workplace personality. Results show that despite some logical correlations between scales on the NEO-FFI and the WPI, the measures are not redundant, showing the WPI to assess aspects of personality that the NEO-FFI does not. Further, in support of SCCT, self-efficacy was shown to significantly correlate with workplace personality. Practical implications and limitations of the study are also discussed.

Due to the change of thought and external environment, design of the physical environment is more and more important than before. Based on the interview with the office designers, four cases and the questionnaires, this research tried to find out: 1.The design of the current working environment, 2.The key factors of the workplace which affect worker¡¦s performance, 3.Try to offer the corporations useful suggestions when design or redesign workplace. The main conclusions of this research are as following: 1.The basic is more important than esthetics 2.Office layout is according to level 3.The setting of amenities is limit to the total area of a company 4.The office design which could make the work easier is the most important, the second one is the design make workers feel comfortable, and the third one is aesthetic factors.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2001. / Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 199-204). Also available on the Internet.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Open University. BLDSC no. DXN028515.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Oregon, 2001. / Typescript. Includes vita and abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 146-156). Also available for download via the World Wide Web; free to University of Oregon users.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Rutgers University, 2008. / "Graduate Program in Sociology." Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-224).

The entire thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file; a non-technical public abstract appears in the public.pdf file. Title from PDF of title page (University of Missouri--Columbia, viewed on January 20, 2010). Thesis advisor: Dr. Earnest L. Perry. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 2002. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 308-332).

Thesis (M.P.A.)--Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, 2003. / Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 45-06, page: 2963. Typescript. Abstract precedes thesis as 2 preliminary leaves. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 61-63).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Rutgers University, 2009. / "Graduate Program in Industrial Relations and Human Resources."