Leadership Q4

Question 1

Explain Eysenck two major variations in personality. i.e E and N dimension

Answer 1

Eysenck maintained that personality is inherited fundamentally unalterable and psychologically based; it is associated with the nervous system and other generic and biological factors. This research identified 2 major areas in which variations in individual personality can occur.

Since individuals spend a large part of their working time in work, the context of the job and the organisation is important. …

Question 2

Explain the ‘E’ Dimension

Answer 2

a. Extrovert traits include expressiveness, impulsiveness, risk-taking, sociability, practicality, irresponsibility, activity.
b. Introvert traits include inactivity, carefulness, responsibility, control, reflectiveness, unsociability, inhibition.

Question 3

Explain the ‘N’ Dimension

Answer 3

• individual’s tendency to become upset or emotional, while stability refers to the tendency to remain emotionally constant.
  a. Neuroticism traits including anxiety, guilt, obsessiveness, hypochondriact, unhappiness, lack of autonomy, low self-esteem and instability.
  b. Stability traits include calm freedom from guilt, casualness, sense of health, happiness, autonomy, self-esteem.

Question 4

What is the third dimension?

Answer 4

Psychoticism

• recent addition
• less well defined as the other
• Individuals who are high on this trait tend to have difficulty dealing with reality and may be antisocial, hostile, non-empathetic and manipulative.