Personality and universal design for learning in management education

Purpose This paper aims to improve the understanding of student readiness for universal design learning (UDL), thereby reducing a barrier its adoption by management faculty. It explores how students’ personality (conscientiousness and openness experience) affects their embrace UDL investigate that relationship is mediated self-directed (SDL). Design/methodology/approach Analysis uses survey data from students in courses. From these are created multi-item constructs control variables. A regression model bootstrapping estimate parameters standard errors generates results. Findings The findings were SDL strongly related fully mediates between conscientiousness UDL. Openness experience, however, directly relates without any mediation. Research limitations/implications research applies only one institution two methodology used this study limited part model, which measure engage choice. Future can extend other courses institutions parts model. Practical implications These provide insight into characteristics enable them gain empowerment motivation approach. Implementation education may require strategies accommodate makes progress identifying explain readiness. Social making it more accessible with different personalities styles. Originality/value developed method analyzing applicability education. also devised implemented new