The relationship between students' personality type and vocational choice

The paper aims at analysing the relationship between students' personality types and vocational choices in order to continue their studies in a certain domain of higher education. In order to reach this objective, a cross-sectional investigation has been performed over a target population of 159 students registered in the 12th grade at 3 rural area high-schools from the region of Banat. An adjusted version of the Holland Occupational Preference Questionnaire was used to investigate the students' personality type. The conclusions have revealed some significant differences concerning some personality typologies, which show a direct relationship between the students' personality type and the vocational choice they make when they decide to continue their studies in higher education.