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This research conducted in order to understand the relationships between academic motivations and Big Five Personality Traits of undergratuates who has attended in Süleyman Demirel University, Isparta Vocational School’s Social Programmes. The students who attends the different branches for second year were asked to answer the questionnaire including NEO Five Factor Inventory, Academic Motivations Scale and Demographic questions. The results have revealed that there are important and different structured relations between Big Five Factor Personality Traits and Three Subscales of Academic Motivation Scale (Exploration, Self actualization and using data). Specifially, exploration motive was best explained by Extraversion, using data motive was best explained by Openess to experience and Conscientiousness.Also the results might be useful to harmonize the individual differences about academic motivations which based on personality traits of students and the teaching methods in vocational schools of universities

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