BN - Lecture 1: Personalities

Question 1

Agreeableness

Answer 1

Pros:
- More considerate, more positive interpersonal interactions and helping behaviour, lower conflict, lower deviance and turnover
Cons:
- Lower ambition to lead or excel; less capable of initiating structure; easily “rolled” off course by influential followers

Question 2

Conscientiousness

Answer 2

Pros:
- Greater desire to lead:; more effective at setting and maintaining goals; more ethical
Cons:
- Reduced adaptability; more controlling; more likely to lose visionary focus in favour of micro-management

Question 3

Emotional Stability

Answer 3

Pros:
- More able to detect risks; more concerned with danger and less susceptible to illusions; less likely to choose ‘easy’ wins that verify self-concept
Cons:
- Tends to create a more negative work environment; less able to create a positive vision; less able to manage conflict

Question 4

Extraversion

Answer 4

Pros:
- More likely to emerge as a leader; more charismatic and inspiring; greater ambition
Cons:
- More impulsive and risky decisions; less likely to listen to followers; may lack persistence and commitment to long-term vision

Question 5

Openness To Experience

Answer 5

Pros:
- More innovative; more visionary; more adaptable
Cons:
- Non-conformist; more likely to lead a group in dangerous or independent directions; less likely to accept leadership from above