Proceedings of the International Conference on Economics and Banking 2015

The relationship among Personality and Beliefs about Knowledge on Study Approach : Evidence from Top Indonesian Universities Accounting Students

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Alfiati Silfi, Mohammad Ali Abdul Hamid
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Alfiati Silfi
Available Online May 2015.
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10.2991/iceb-15.2015.43How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Personality,beliefs about knowledge, Study approach, deep study approach, surface study approach, strategic study approach
Abstract

The objective of the study is to investigate the relationship between personality factors and beliefs about knowledge on study approach among on accounting student in Indonesian top universities.Personality factors consists of five dimensions of personality known as The Big Five Personality and Beliefs about knowledge consists of four dimensions, known as epistemological beliefs, whereas study approach consists of three parts: a deep study approach, surface study approach and strategicstudy approach.The sample in this study is from 250 accounting students at several top universities in Indonesia. Data were analyzed with SEM by using LISREL to examine the relationship among the variables.The result shows that personality and beliefs about knowledge influence the approach directly.Furthermore, personality factors didnot influence the study approach indirectly through their effect on beliefs about knowledge

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the International Conference on Economics and Banking 2015
Series
Advances in Economics, Business and Management Research
Publication Date
May 2015
ISBN
978-94-62520-86-8
ISSN
2352-5428
DOI
10.2991/iceb-15.2015.43How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2015, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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