Relationship between personality traits and preferred academic advising style of Malaysian public university students

Abstract

This descriptive study identified personality traits, preferred academic advising style, and the relationship between the personality traits and preferred academic advising style of Malaysian public university students. Student personality traits are classified into 15 categories while preferred academic advising style are categorized into prescriptive and developmental advising styles. A total of 401 undergraduate students from three Malaysian public universities participated in this study. The Sidek’s Personality Inventory and Academic Advising Style were employed for data collection in this study. The data was analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics. The finding showed that most students possessed helpfulness personalities and the majority of students preferred developmental advising style for academic advising process. The findings also showed that there is a positive relationship between student personality traits and preferred academic advising style of Malaysian public universities’ students.