Özet:

The purpose of the research is to identify the role of personality characteristics and time use trends in the diverse career trends of academic and administrative staff in the foundation’s higher education institutions. In the framework of the research, data were collected from 387 staff in the three foundations of higher education in Istanbul. The research finds that the demographic characteristics of academic and administrative staff make significant differences in terms of personality characteristics and diverse career. It has been found that there is no meaningful relationship between employees’ time use trends and multiple career trends. The relationship between the personality characteristics of employees and the diverse career trends has been found at a low level. Between time use tendency and personality characteristics, relations have been found at a low level. Finally, it has been found that employees’ personality characteristics are not divided into type A or B, that their polychronic time use tendencies are high and that they have a positive approach to a diverse career.