Personality and Ability

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This is a presentation explains about personality and ability.

Personality and Ability

OBJECTIVES LEARNING

AT THE END OF THIS SESSION, YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO: 1. Describe Holland’s model of person-job fit.

2. Understand different types of abilities.
3. Apply this understanding to the organizational aspect of ability-job fit.

Application to Organizational Behaviour

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

Holland’s Typology of Personality and Congruent Occupations

Ability
Two kinds of abilities:

Intellectual Abilities
• Cognitive Intelligence • Practical Intelligence • Emotional Intelligence Physical Abilities • Strength • Flexibility • Stamina • Speed

Dimensions of Cognitive Intelligence
• Number aptitude
• Verbal comprehension of complex ideas

• Perceptual speed
• Reasoning • Spatial visualization • Memory

Dimensions of Practical Intelligence
Adeptness at solving problems of everyday life, involving – • Knowing how to get things done • Focusing on relevant problems

Dimensions of Emotional Intelligence
• Knowing our own emotions • Managing our own emotions • Motivating ourselves • Recognizing and influencing others’ emotions • Handling relationships

Physical Ability

Dimensions of Physical Ability

Strength

Flexibility
Stamina Speed

The Ability-Job Fit
Employee’s Abilities

Ability-Job Fit

Job’s Ability Requirements

Jobs make differing demands on people, and people differ in the abilities they possess. Employee performance is enhanced when there is a high abilityjob fit.



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