Personality

Question 1

Define personality

Answer 1

is the sum total of way by which an individual reacts and interacts to other….

Question 2

Types of personality
or
personality traits and characteristics

Answer 2

1. The types of personality traits and attributes can be studied by dividing into following groups:
2. Myer-Briggs type indicator(MBTI types)
   mainly used in employee hiring process. measures how people prefer to focus their attention, collect information, process and evaluate information and orient themselves to the world.
   * Extraversion vs introversion
   * Sensing vs Intuition [sensing deals about collecting information systematically VS collect information non-systematically]
   * Thinking vs Feeling[concerned with processing and evaluating information vs consider how their choices affect others]
   * Judging vs Perceiving[concerned with orienting themself to outer world vs adopt spontaneously to event as they come]
3. BIG FIVE DIMENSION

• Openness to express[tendency of individual on regidity of belief or range of interest held by individuals]
• Conscientiousness[the number of goals that a person focus on]
• Extroversion[refers to the omfort level with relationships]
• Agreeableness[refers to the propensity of individual to go along with other or ability to work with other]

Question 3

Determinants of Personality

Answer 3

1. Biological factors
   * heredity
   * brain
   * physical feature
2. Family and social factors
3. Culture
4. situational factors

Question 4

personality attributes influencing with OB

Answer 4

1. Locus of control[refers to the tendency that what happens to individuals is determined by oneself or other]
2. Machiavellianism[refers to the tendency of individual to gain and use of power for the personal benefit]
3. Self-esteem[tendency of individual to like or dislike oneself]
4. Self-monitoring[refers to the tendency of individual to adjust in changing enironment or environmental dynamism]
5. Narcissism[refers to the individaul tendency of feeling proud, arrogant over oneself and own image and performance]
6. Risk proensitty[refers to the tendency of individual taking risk while making decision]