Chapter 2 Individual Differences Personality and Values

Question 1

Personality

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The relatively enduring pattern of thoughts, emotions, and behaviours that characterize a person, along with the psychological processes behind those characteristics

Question 2

5 factor model (big 5)

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The five broad dimensions representing
most personality traits: conscientiousness, neuroticism, openness to experience, agreeableness, and extraversion

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conscientious

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Characterizes people who are organized, dependable, goal-focused, thorough, disciplined, methodical, and industrious

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neurotic

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A personality dimension describing people who tend to be anxious, insecure, self-con- scious, depressed, and temperamental.

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openness to experience

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Characterizes people who are imaginative, creative, unconventional, curious, noncon- forming, autonomous,
and aesthetically perceptive

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agreeable

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Describes people who are trusting, helpful, good-natured, consid- erate, tolerant, selfless, generous, and flexible

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extravert

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Describes people who are outgoing, talkative,
energetic, sociable, and assertive

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The dark triad

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A cluster of three socially undesirable (dark) personality traits: Machiavellianism, narcissism, and psychopathy

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Machiavellianism

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A personality trait of people who demonstrate a strong motivation to achieve their own goals at the expense of others, who believe that deceit is a natural and acceptable way to achieve their goals, who take pleasure in outwitting and misleading others using crude influence tactics, and who have a cynical disregard for morality.

Question 10

Narcissism

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A personality trait of people with a grandiose, obsessive belief in their superiority and entitlement, a propensity to aggressively engage in attention-seeking behaviours, an intense envy of others, and tendency to exhibit arrogance, callousness, and exploitation of others for personal aggrandizement

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Psychopathy

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This personality trait is often considered the most sinister of the triad. It refers to social predators who ruthlessly dominate and manipulate others, yet without empathy or any feelings of remorse or anxiety

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Organizational Politics

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The use of influence tactics for personal gain at the perceived expense of others and the organization.

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Counterproductive Work Behaviour

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Voluntary behaviours that have the potential to directly or indirectly harm the organization

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Values

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Relatively stable evaluative beliefs that guide a person’s preferences for outcomes or courses of action in a variety of situations.

Question 15

Schwartz’s values circumplex

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This model clusters 57 values into 10 broad values catego- ries that are organized into the circular model (circumplex) shown in Exhibit 2.4. The 10 categories include universal- ism, benevolence, tradition, conformity, security, power, achievement, hedonism, stimulation, and self-direction

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Quadrants in values circumplex

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1) Openness to change
2) Conservation
3) Self-enhancement
4) Self transcendence

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Values Congruence

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refers to how similar a person’s values hierarchy is to the values hierarchy of the organization or any other entity

Question 18

4 ethical principles

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utilitarianism, individual rights, distributive justice, and the ethic of care

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utilitarianism

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This principle says the only moral obligation is to seek the greatest good for the greatest number of people.

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Individual rights

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This principle says that everyone
has the same set of natural rights, such as freedom of speech, freedom of movement, the right to physical security, and the right to fair trial

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Distributive Justice

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This principle says that the benefits and burdens of similar individuals should be the same; otherwise they should be proportional

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ethic of care

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This principle says the only moral obligation is to seek the greatest good for the greatest number of people.

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Moral Intensity

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The degree to which an issue demands the application of ethical principles

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Moral Sensitivity

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(also called ethical sensitivity) is a person’s ability to detect a moral dilemma and estimate its relative importance

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Individualism

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A cross-cultural value describing the degree to which people in a culture emphasize independence and personal uniqueness

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Collectivism

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A cross-cultural value describing the degree to which people in a culture emphasize duty to groups to which they belong and to group harmony.

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Power Distance

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A cross-cultural value describing the degree to which people in a culture accept unequal distribution of power in a society

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5 Cross cultural values

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Individualism, Collectivism, Power Distance, Uncertainty Avoidance, Achievement Nurturing orientation

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Uncertainty Avoidance

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A cross-cultural value describ- ing the degree to which people in a culture tolerate ambiguity (low uncertainty avoidance) or feel threatened by ambiguity and uncertainty (high uncertainty avoidance).

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Achievement Nurturing Orientation

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A cross-cultural value describing the degree to which people in a culture emphasize competitive versus cooperative relations with other people.