CH2-Personality

Question 1

Define Personality

Answer 1

• Stable pattern of thought, emotion, and behavior

- psyc. process behind characteristics

Question 2

Interaction approach/ theory

Answer 2

• People’s attitude and behaviors are a function of an interaction
• Most widely accepted perspective for o=OB

made of : Strong vs Weak situations

• -Strong - clear expectations for behavior
• -Weak - unclear expectations

Question 3

Personality models

Answer 3

1. Myers Briggs
2. Big 5 (ocean)
3. Core self evaluation

Question 4

Myers Briggs

Answer 4

categorize using 16 types

Question 5

Big 5 - Ocean model

Answer 5

1. Openness to experience
2. Conscientiousness
   - -organization
3. Extraversion
4. Agreeableness
   - -Friendly, likes helping other
5. Neuroticism (emotional; stability)

Question 6

Core self evaluation

Answer 6

1. Self esteem - how you see yourself
2. Self efficacy - belief you can do talk
3. Locus of Control - internal vs external
4. neuroticisim

Question 7

Type A and B

Answer 7

Type A
Aggressive, goal oriented, competitive
More burn out and stress
Quick decision making - mistakes

Type B
Easy going, creative, big picture thinkers
More execs are type B

Question 8

The Dark triad

Answer 8

1. Narcissism
2. Machiavellian
3. Psychopathy

Question 9

Narcissim

Answer 9

• Sense of self importance
• Arrogant and overconfident
• Exploitive
• Urgency, creative, insightful

Question 10

Machiavellianism

Answer 10

-High Mach
-Willing to lie to gain, manipulative,
-Practical, emotional distance,
-Ends justify the means
-Do well in bargaining jobs and rewards for winning
L-ike their jobs less

Question 11

Psychopathy

Answer 11

• Inability to create meaningful relationships

- Good at creating a good first impression,

Question 12

Importance of personality

Answer 12

• Developing self awareness
• Important to know where you are to improve
• Team compositions
• Recruitment and selection

Question 13

EI domains

Answer 13

• Knowing your emotion
• Manage your emotion
• Recognize emotion
• Manage emotion of other
• Motivate yourself

Question 14

Flaws in EI

Answer 14

• Ei is vague concept
• Can’t be measured
• Validity, is it a different from IQ or personality
• Research has overstated -findings

Question 15

Traits affecting OB (4)

Answer 15

1. Core self evaluation
2. Tolerance of ambiguity and risk taking
3. self monitoring
   
   • how can you read and adjust to external situations
4. Type A/B personality