Personality And Claues At Work Flashcards
What is personality
Pervin and John 2001 - “personality represents the characteristics of a person”
Mischel and shoda 1995- personality refers to enduring patterns of cognition,emotion, and behaviour that are activated in particular circumstances
The five factor model
OCEAN
Openness Conscientiousness Extraversion Agreeableness Neuroticism
Openness
Linked to creativity m,adaptability to hangs ,increased flexibility to job demands
Low openness may help consistency
Low-uncreative, conventional, curious
High- creative,original,curious
Conscientiousness
High conscientiousness linked to greater effort and persistence; better at planning
Links also often made to leadership and occupational success
Low- late,disorganised, a bit lazy
High - punctual, well organised, hard working
Extraversion
Extraversion linked to social dominance and emotional expressiveness
Leadership often linked with extraversion
But low extraversion can be good for senior leadership ability,owing to the desire to reflect
Low-reserved,passive, quiet
High-active,talkative, affectionate
Agreeableness
Agreeableness associated with compliance and conformity
Likely to get on Better with colleagues
High probably means good team player
Low agreeableness may lead to helpful critical views
Low- critical,suspicious,irritable
High- trusting, lenient,soft natured
Neuroticism
Emotional stability (low neuroticism) may help leadership behaviours
High neuroticism may lead to high vigilance
Criticisms and debates
Largely determinist in its philosophy
Fails to recognise the complexity of people
Assumes personalities are stable over time
Operates a reductionist view of human life
The problem of interpreting questions on survey methods
Some question the cultural bias and viability of the studies are
