Personality And Values Flashcards
Personality
The sum of ways in which an individual reacts to and interacts with others.
Heredity
Factors determined at conception
Personality Traits
When someone exhibits charactaristics in a large number of situations and they are relatively enduring over time
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)
The most widely used personality-assessment in the world
Big Five Model
An assessment that proposes that five basic dimensions underlie all others and encompass most of the significant variations in human personality
Dark Triad
Three socially undesirable traits
Core Self-Evaluations (CSEs)
Bottom line conclusions individuals have about their capabilities, competence, and worth as a person
Self-monitoring
An individuals ability to adjust behavior to external, situational factors
Proactive Personality
Those who identify opportunities, show initiative, take action, and preserve until meaningful change occurs
Situation Strength Theory
The way personality translates into behavior depends on the strength of the situation
Situation strength
The degree to which norms, cues, or standards dictate appropriate behavior
The four elements of sitation strength
- Clarity
- Consistency
- Constraints
- Consequences
Trait Activation Theory
Some situations, events, or interventions “activate” a trait more than others
Values
Basic convictions that a specific mode of conduct or end-state of existence is personally or socially preferable to an opposite or converse mode
Value system
Values ranked by intensity
Terminal Values
Desirable end-state. Goals to achieve during a lifetime.
Instrumental Values
Preferable modes of behavior or a means of achieving terminal values
Person-job fit
Match job requirements with personality characteristics
Hollands six personality types
- Realistic
- Investigative
- Social
- Conventional
- Enterprising
- Artistic
Person-organization fit
People are attracted to organizations that match their values and leave organizations that are not compatible with their personalities
Person-group fit
Important in team settings where dynamics affect work outcomes
Person-supervisor fit
Poor fit in this dinension leads to lower job satisfaction and reduced performance
Hofstede’s Framework
One of the most widely referenced approaches for analyzing variations among cultures. Done in the late 1970s
5 value dimensions of Hofstede’s framework
- Power distance
- Individualism v Collectivism
- Masculinity v Femininity
- Uncertainty Avoidance
- Long term v Short term orientation
GLOBE
Global Leadership and Organizational Behavior Effectiveness (est 1993)
