Personalit
y Dr. Nadindla Srividya
• Defining Personality
• Enduring characteristics that describe an individual’s
behavior.
• Measuring Personality
• Self-report surveys, with which individuals evaluate
themselves on a series of factors, such as “I worry a lot
about the future.”
• Observer-ratings surveys provide an independent
assessment of personality.
Personality
• Heredity
• refers to factors determined at conception.
• Physical stature, facial attractiveness, gender,
temperament, muscle composition and reflexes, energy
level, and biological rhythms are generally considered to
be either completely or substantially influenced by who
your parents are—that is, by their biological, physiological,
and inherent psychological makeup.
• The heredity approach argues that the ultimate explanation
of an individual’s personality is the molecular structure of
the genes, located in the chromosomes.
Personality Determinants
• Personality traits Enduring characteristics that describe
an individual’s behavior.
• Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) A personality test
that taps four characteristics and classifies people into 1
of 16 personality types.
• These classifications together describe 16 personality
types, identifying every person by one trait from each of
the four pairs. For example, Introverted/
Intuitive/Thinking/Judging people (INTJs) are visionaries
with original minds and great drive. They are skeptical,
critical, independent, determined, and often stubborn
The Myers-Briggs Type
Indicator
• The most widely used personality assessment instrument
in the world.
• It is a 100-question personality test that asks people how
they usually feel or act in particular situations • ●
Extraverted (E) versus Introverted (I).
• ● Sensing (S) versus Intuitive (N).
• ● Thinking (T) versus Feeling (F).
• ● Judging (J) versus Perceiving (P).
The Myers-Briggs Type
Indicator
• ● Extraversion
• ● Agreeableness.
• ● Conscientiousness.
• ● Emotional stability.
• ● Openness to experience.
The Big Five Personality
Model
• Big Five Model A personality assessment model that taps five basic
dimensions.
• Agreeableness A personality dimension that describes someone who
is good natured, cooperative, and trusting.
• Conscientiousness A personality dimension that describes someone
who is responsible, dependable, persistent, and organized. •
Emotional stability A personality dimension that characterizes
someone as calm, self-confident, secure (positive) versus nervous,
depressed, and insecure (negative).
• Openness to experience A personality dimension that characterizes
someone in terms of imagination, sensitivity, and curiosity. •
Extraversion A personality dimension describing someone who is
sociable, gregarious, and assertive.
The Big Five Personality
Model
How Do the Big Five Traits
Predict Behavior at
Work?
• Core Self-Evaluation
• People who have positive core self-evaluations
like themselves and see themselves as
effective, capable, and in control of their
environment.
• Bottom-line conclusions individuals have
about their capabilities, competence, and worth
as a person.
Other Personality Traits
Relevant to OB
• Machiavellianism The degree to which an
individual is pragmatic, maintains emotional
distance, and believes that ends can justify
means.
• Self-monitoring A personality trait that measures
an individual’s ability to adjust his or her
behavior to external, situational factors.
Other Personality Traits
Relevant to OB
• Narcissism The tendency to be arrogant, have
a grandiose sense of self-importance, require
excessive admiration, and have a sense of
entitlement.
• Proactive personality
• People who identify opportunities, show initiative,
take action, and persevere until meaningful change
occurs.
Other Personality Traits
Relevant to OB
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