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You can make more friends in two

months by becoming interested in other

people than you can in two years by

trying to get other people interested in

you - Dale Carnegie

Men acquire a particular quality by

constantly acting in a particular manner

-Aristotle

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Learning Objectives

1. Identify the determinants personality.

2. Explain the Big Five personality model.

3. Explain the major personality attributesinfluencing OB

4. Explain the relation between personalityand behavior

5. Explain the impact of job and organizationon the personality.


• The word "personality"

originates from the Latin

“persona”, which means

mask.

• In the ancient theatre the

mask was used to

represent the character.


Personality

CONCEPT

• The sum total of ways in which an individual reacts and

interacts with others.

- SP Robbins

• Personality is the relatively stable set of psychological

attributes that distinguish one person from another.

-Moorhead & Griffin


Determinants of Personality

A. Nature

1. Biological Factors

1. Heredity

2. Physical Features

B. Nurture

2. Cultural Factors

3. Family and Social

Factors

4. Situational Factors


The Big Five Model of Personality Dimensions

ExtroversionSociable, Outgoing, and Talkative

AgreeablenessCaring, cooperative, and trusting.

ConscientiousnessCareful, dependable, self-disciplined.

Openness to ExperienceImaginativeness, artistic, curious, and intellectualism.

Emotional StabilityCalm and self-confident

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2.

3.

4.

5.


How Do the Big Five Traits Predict

Behavior?

1. Certain traits have been shown to strongly relate to higher job performance:

1. Highly conscientious people develop more job knowledge, exert greater effort, and have better performance.

Other Big Five Traits also have implications for work.

2. Emotional stability is related to job satisfaction.

3. Extroverts tend to be happier in their jobs and have good social skills.

4. Open people are more creative and can be good leaders.

5. Agreeable people are good in social settings.


Major Personality Attributes

Influencing OB

• Locus of control

• Machiavellianism

• Self-esteem

• Self-monitoring

• Risk taking

• Personality Type


Locus of Control

Locus of Control

The degree to which people believe they

are masters of their own fate.

InternalsIndividuals who believe that they

control what happens to them.

ExternalsIndividuals who believe that

what happens to them is

controlled by outside forces

such as luck or chance.


MachiavellianismMachiavellianism (Mach)

Degree to which an individual is practical, logical,

maintains emotional distance, and believes that

ends can justify means.

Derived after the name of Niccolo Machiavelli,

who wrote in 16th century on how to gain and use

power


Self-Esteem and Self-Monitoring

Self-Esteem (SE)

Individuals’ degree of liking or disliking themselves.

Self-Monitoring

A personality trait that measures an individuals ability to adjust his or her behavior to external, situational factors.


Risk-Taking

• High Risk-taking Managers

– Make quicker decisions

– Use less information to make decisions

– Operate in smaller and more entrepreneurial organizations

• Low Risk-taking Managers

– Are slower to make decisions

– Require more information before making decisions

– Exist in larger organizations with stable environments.


Personality TypesType A’s

1. are always moving, walking, and eating rapidly;

2. feel impatient with the rate at which most events take place;

3. strive to think or do two or more things at once;

4. cannot cope with leisure time;

5. are obsessed with numbers, measuring their success in terms of how

many or how much of everything they acquire.

Type B’s

1. never suffer from a sense of time urgency with its

accompanying impatience;

2. feel no need to display or discuss either their achievements

or accomplishments;

3. play for fun and relaxation, rather than to exhibit their

superiority at any cost;

4. can relax without guilt.


Personality and Behavior

B = f(P, E)The person (P) The environment (E)

Key personal biographical

factors:

Sex, age, education, abilities,

material status etc

Key environmental factors:

Economic conditions, political

situations, Socio-cultural

norms and values etc.

Psychological factors:

Attitudes, values, beliefs,

motivation, perception,

personality etc.

Organizational factors:

Physical facilities,

organizational structure and

design, leadership styles,

reward system etc.


Linking Personality to the Workplace

Personality-Job Fit Theory (John Holland)

Identifies six personality types and proposes that the

fit between personality type and occupational

environment determines satisfaction and turnover.


Holland’s

Typology

of

Personalit

y

and

Congruent

Occupatio

ns


Linking Personality to the

Workplace

Person-Organization Fit:

– The employee’s personality must fit with the organizational culture.

– People are attracted to organizations that match their values.

– Those who match are most likely to be selected.

– Mismatches will result in turnover.

– Can use the Big Five personality types to match to the organizational culture.

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Relationships among Occupational

Personality Types


Tips for enhancing personality

• Smile a lot.

• Think positive

• Dress Sensibly

• Be soft-spoken

• Leave your ego behind

• Avoid Backbiting

• Help others

• Be Confident.

• Be Patient listener


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