Description
This is a presentation on various determinants of individual's personality, Identify the key characteristics in the Big Five personality model, locus of control, Type A and Type B
Personality
OBJECTIVES LEARNING
AT THE END OF THIS SESSION, YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO: 1. Understand personality.
2. Explain the determinants of an individual’s personality.
3. Identify the key characteristics in the Big Five personality model, locus of control, Type A and Type B.
What is Personality?
The relatively stable pattern of behaviours and consistent internal states, that explain a person’s behavioural tendencies.
What shapes personality?
Personality Determinants •Heredity •Environment
•Situation
(The Interactionist perspective)
Personality and Self-Concept
Self-concept – the view that individuals have of themselves as physical and social beings. Self-esteem: belief about one’s worth based on an overall self-evaluation.
Self-efficacy: belief about one’s ability to successfully completing a specific task.
Key Work-related Aspects of Personality
?The Big Five dimensions of personality ?Type A personality
?Locus of control
?Achievement motivation ?Self-efficacy
The Big Five Model (OCEAN)
High conscientiousness: •Set higher goals •More motivated •Higher org. citizenship •Strongest association with task performance
The Big Five Model and work-related behaviour
High extroversion: •Better at jobs that have a high level of interaction •Better at sales and customer service
High emotional stability: •Better able to cope with stress •High job performance High openness to experience: •Better at creative, innovative jobs
High agreeableness: •Better at interpersonal relations •Better in conflict-based situations
Personality Types
Type A and B
Type A •Tend to work faster (even when there is no deadline) •Get more done in the presence of distractions •Tend to seek more difficult and challenging work
Type A & B and work-related behaviour
Type B •Perform better on jobs that require patience or careful judgment •Tend to be more effective in top-level managerial roles
Locus of Control
Locus of Control and work-related behaviour
Internals:
•Make more attempts to acquire information, and are better at utilizing the information they have
•Generally show better job satisfaction
•Perform better on learning and problem-solving tasks
•Show greater self-control, are less anxious •Display greater work motivation, expect that their hard work will lead to good performance •Are more independent, more reliant on their own judgment
doc_331411529.ppt
This is a presentation on various determinants of individual's personality, Identify the key characteristics in the Big Five personality model, locus of control, Type A and Type B
Personality
OBJECTIVES LEARNING
AT THE END OF THIS SESSION, YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO: 1. Understand personality.
2. Explain the determinants of an individual’s personality.
3. Identify the key characteristics in the Big Five personality model, locus of control, Type A and Type B.
What is Personality?
The relatively stable pattern of behaviours and consistent internal states, that explain a person’s behavioural tendencies.
What shapes personality?
Personality Determinants •Heredity •Environment
•Situation
(The Interactionist perspective)
Personality and Self-Concept
Self-concept – the view that individuals have of themselves as physical and social beings. Self-esteem: belief about one’s worth based on an overall self-evaluation.
Self-efficacy: belief about one’s ability to successfully completing a specific task.
Key Work-related Aspects of Personality
?The Big Five dimensions of personality ?Type A personality
?Locus of control
?Achievement motivation ?Self-efficacy
The Big Five Model (OCEAN)
High conscientiousness: •Set higher goals •More motivated •Higher org. citizenship •Strongest association with task performance
The Big Five Model and work-related behaviour
High extroversion: •Better at jobs that have a high level of interaction •Better at sales and customer service
High emotional stability: •Better able to cope with stress •High job performance High openness to experience: •Better at creative, innovative jobs
High agreeableness: •Better at interpersonal relations •Better in conflict-based situations
Personality Types
Type A and B
Type A •Tend to work faster (even when there is no deadline) •Get more done in the presence of distractions •Tend to seek more difficult and challenging work
Type A & B and work-related behaviour
Type B •Perform better on jobs that require patience or careful judgment •Tend to be more effective in top-level managerial roles
Locus of Control
Locus of Control and work-related behaviour
Internals:
•Make more attempts to acquire information, and are better at utilizing the information they have
•Generally show better job satisfaction
•Perform better on learning and problem-solving tasks
•Show greater self-control, are less anxious •Display greater work motivation, expect that their hard work will lead to good performance •Are more independent, more reliant on their own judgment
doc_331411529.ppt