Vol. 11, Special Issue 8 (2022)

Author(s):
Shibi Sebastian and S. Srivara Buddhi Bhuvaneswari

Abstract:
The crux of education is change in behaviour. Gaining knowledge is the integral part of education but more important is the change in behaviour; the knowledge, skill and of course attitude. Change in all these aspects leads to a change in personality. This personality is more important when it comes to employability. A study was conducted in Tamil Nadu Agricultural University to assess the employability of students. As part of the same, a personality assessment using the Big Five Personality traits was done with the final year students. Big Five Model of personality, now globally accepted as the most scientific and validated model of personality. The Big Five personality traits, also known as the five factor model (FFM), is a model based on common language descriptors of personality namely Extraversion, Emotional Stability, Conscientiousness, Openness to experience, Agreeableness. The personality score of students shows that, students have a medium range of extraversion (51.76 percent), medium range of conscientiousness (40 percent), high level of emotional stability (40 percent), students are highly open to experience (83.52 percent), they are highly adapted to agreeableness (50.58 percent) and low level of polychronicity (35.29).