Little work has been done to examine personality differences between female and male Air Force pilots. The current study investigates gender differences at beginning and mid-career points. These samples are compared to non-pilots controls. Female pilots differ from control subjects on most variables. Female student pilots are higher on Neuroticism and Openness than male student pilots. Mid-career female pilots are found only to be higher on Agreeableness compared to mid-career male pilots. Finally, differences are also found when comparing female student pilots to female mid-career pilots with the student pilots higher on Neuroticism and lower on Agreeableness.


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    Title :

    Pilot Personality: Gender and Career-Level Differences


    Contributors:
    R. E. King (author) / J. D. Callister (author) / P. D. Retzlaff (author) / S. McGlohn (author)

    Publication date :

    1997


    Size :

    19 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English






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