PERSONALITY

TEAM MEMBERS

Neelam Darji
Animesh Dubey
Premal Gangar
Harshal Ghanekar
Vinod Gupta

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What is Personality?
The overall profile or combination of characteristics

that capture the unique nature of a person as that

person reacts and interacts with others.
Combines a set of physical and mental characteristics

that reflect how a person looks, thinks, acts, and feels.

Predictable relationships are expected between peoples
personalities and their behaviors.

Nature of Personality
Personality refers to the set of traits & behaviors
that
characterize an individual.
It refers to the relatively stable pattern of behavior
&
consistent internal state & explains an individuals
behavioral tendencies.
Personality has both internal (thoughts, values &
genetic
characteristics that is inferred from observable
behaviors)
& external (observable behaviors) elements.
Personality of an individual is relatively stable in

Importance of Personality in OB
Law of Behavior: People are different
To ensure high performing employees in an
organization.
To manage workforce diversity.
Summarizing persons behaviors & attitudes in
relation to a wide range of events.
Personality consists of characteristics or traits
that
describe how people are likely to behave in a
given
situation.

Importance of Personality in OB
Personality is useful in predicting &
understanding
the general feelings, thoughts and behaviors of
individuals at the workplace.
Contribution of various personality theories.

Personality Determinants
Determinants of
Personality

Heredity

Nature: It advocates that

Part of personality finds
its
Origins in biology
(heredity)

Environment

Nature: It advocates that

Part of personality finds its
Origins in biology (heredity)

Situational

Heredity and environment

Heredity sets the limits on the development of

personality characteristics.

Environment determines development within these

limits.

About a 50-50 heredity-environment split.

Cultural values and norms play a substantial role in the

development of personality.

Social factors include family life, religion, and many kinds

of formal and informal groups.

Situational factors reflect the opportunities or constraints

imposed by the operational context.

Personality Traits

Enduring characteristics that describe an

individuals behavior.

Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)

The Big Five Model

The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator

Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)
A personality test that taps four characteristics
and classifies people into 1 of 16 personality
types.
Personality
PersonalityTypes
Types
Extroverted
Extrovertedvs.
vs.Introverted
Introverted(E
(Eor
orI)I)
Sensing
Sensingvs.
vs.Intuitive
Intuitive(S
(Sor
orN)
N)
Thinking
Thinkingvs.
vs.Feeling
Feeling(T
(Tor
orF)
F)
Judging
Judgingvs.
vs.Perceiving
Perceiving(P
(Por
orJ)J)

 Extroverted vs. Introverted

Extroverted individuals are outgoing, sociable, and assertive.
Introverts are quiet and shy.
Sensitive vs. Intuitive
Sensing types are practical and prefer routine and order. They focus
on details. Intuitive rely on unconscious processes and look at the big
picture.
Thinking vs. Feeling
Thinking types uses reason and logic to handle problems. Feelings
types rely on their personal values and emotions.
Judging vs. Perceiving
Judging types want control, and prefer their world to be ordered and
structured. Perceiving types are flexible and spontaneous.

MyersBriggs
Sixteen
Primary
Traits

The Big Five Model

Personality
Personality Structure
Structure (The
(The Big
Big Five
Five Traits)
Traits)
Dimension

Extroversion

Characteristics of a person
Scoring +vely on the dimension

Outgoing, Talkative, Sociable,

Assertive

Agreeableness

Trusting, good natured,

Cooperative, softhearted

Conscientiousness

Dependable, responsible,
Achievement-oriented

Emotional Stability

Relaxed, Secure, Unworried

Openness to
Experience

Sensitive, Intellectual,
Imaginative, Broadminded
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Major
MajorPersonality
PersonalityAttributes
AttributesInfluencing
InfluencingOB
OB

Achievement orientation

Authoritative

Self Esteem
Locus of
Control

Personality Traits

Risk taking
Machiavellianism

Self-Monitoring
Introverts/
Extroverts
Type A & B

Major Personality Attributes Influencing OB

Locus of Control
The degree to which people believe
they are masters of their own fate.
Internals
Individuals who believe that
they control what happens to
them.

Externals
Individuals who believe
that what happens to them
is controlled by outside
forces such as luck or
chance.

Machiavellianism
Degree to which an individual is pragmatic,
maintains emotional distance, and believes that
ends justify means.
If it works, use it is consistent with a high-Mach
perspective.
Conditions
ConditionsFavoring
FavoringHigh
HighMachs
Machs
Direct
Directinteraction
interaction
Minimal
Minimalrules
rulesand
andregulations
regulations
Distracting
Distractingemotions
emotions

Machiavellianism
People with a high-Machiavellian personality:

-- Approach situations logically and

thoughtfully.
-- Are capable of lying to achieve personal
goals.
-- Are rarely swayed by loyalty, friendships,
past
promises, or others opinions.
-- Are skilled at influencing others.
-- Try to exploit loosely structured situations.

Machiavellianism
People with a low-Machiavellian personality:

-- Accept direction imposed by others in

loosely
structured situations.
-- Work hard to do well in highly structured
situations.
-- Are strongly guided by ethical
considerations.
-- Are unlikely to lie or cheat.

Self-Esteem and Self-Monitori

ngSelf-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
Personality Types
Types

Personality Types
Type As
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 Bs
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 Types
Proactive Personality
Identifies
opportunities, shows
initiative, takes
action, and
perseveres until
meaningful change
occurs.
Creates positive
change in the
environment,
regardless or even in
spite of constraints or
obstacles.

Achieving Person-Job Fit

Personality-Job Fit
Theory (Holland)
Identifies six
personality types and
proposes that the fit
between personality
type and occupational
environment
determines satisfaction
and turnover.
Person-Organization Fit

Personality
PersonalityTypes
Types
Realistic
Realistic
Investigative
Investigative
Social
Social
Conventional
Conventional
Enterprising
Enterprising
Artistic
Artistic

Hollands
Typology of
Personality
and
Congruent
Occupations

Relationships
among
Occupational
Personality
Types

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