PERSONALITY

….the Dynamic ORGANIZATION

( Within Individual) of those
PSYCHOPHYSICAL SYSTEMS that Determine
a Person’s Unique ADJUSTMENT to his
ENVIRONMENT
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 Personality is the Unique
Combination of
Psychological Characteristics that
Affect how a person REACTS and
INTERACTS with Others.

 It is most often is described in terms of

Measurable Traits that a person
Exhibits
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 Personality appears to be a Result of both
HEREDITARY and ENVIRONMENTAL
FACTORS

1. HEREDITY :

a. GENITICS
b. TWINS SEPERATED AT BIRTH
C. INDIVIDUAL JOB SATISFACTION
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 2. ENVIRONMENT:

CULTURE;
Norms, Attitudes, Values
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 PERSONALITY TRAITS

helps in;
Employee Selection

Matching People with the Job

Guiding Career Development

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General Personality Assessment

 A. MYERS-BRIGGS TYPE
INDICATOR

i. Extrovert or Introvert
ii. Thinking or Feeling
iii. Judgment or Perceiving
iv. Sensing or Intuitive
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 MYERS-BRIGGS TYPE
INDICATOR:

LIMITATIONS;
a. There is no IN-BETWEEN

b. Provides Self Awareness

Career Guidance
But Unrelated to JOB
PERFORMANCE
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B. THE BIG FIVE:

1. EXTROVERSION

2. AGREEABLENESS

3. CONSIENTIOUSNESS

4. EMOTIONAL STABILITY

5. OPENNESS TO EXPERIENCE
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B. THE BIG FIVE:
Research on Big Five has found the
Relationships between these Personality
Dimensions and Job Performance.
 Conscientiousness predicted Job
Performance for all Occupations
 Individuals who are……
Dependable, Reliable,
Thorough, Able to Plan,
Organized, Careful, Persistent,
and Achievement-oriented
tend to have
higher Job Performance.
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B. THE BIG FIVE:
 Conscientious people exert
greater levels of EFFORT on their
Jobs, therefore….
They develop higher levels of
JOB KNOWLEDGE, which
then contribute to higher levels
of JOB PERFORMANCE.
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B. THE BIG FIVE:

 Conscientiousness has also got

Strong Relationship with the
(OCB) Organizational Citizenship
Behavior.
This is the only Personality
Dimension which Predicts OCB.
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B. THE BIG FIVE:
Except Conscientiousness
predictability depended on both
the Performance Criterion and the
Occupational Group, e.g.,
EXTROVERSION
predicted performance in
Managerial and Sales Positions-
because these Occupations
high Social Interaction
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B. THE BIG FIVE:
OPENNESS TO EXPERIENCE
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 MEASURING PERSONALITY:

1. SELF-REPORT SURVEYS

2. OBSERVE-RATING SURVEYS
-By Coworkers…

3. PRJECTIVE MEASURES:
ii. Thematic Appreciation Test (TAT)
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 People’ behavior is based on their
Perception of what Reality is , and
Not on Reality itself.

Perception is a process by which

Individuals
ORGANIZE and INTERPRET their SENSORY
IMPRESSION in order to Give MEANING to
their ENVIRONMENT