Personality and workplace Flashcards
What is a vocational interest?
type of profession one is interested in
- help in determining your vocational fit
What is a vocational fit?
Determining which profession fits your personality
Is the ORVIS a measure of my personality?
No, it simply helps determine the range of careers that will fit my personality
and interests that apply to diff jobs/careers
What are the 8 career paths (range) that ORVIS helps measure, and do they suit your personality?
- leadership - directing or leading people
- Altruism - serving others
- creativity: creating some sort of product
- organization - organizing or managing large amounts of data
- production - building or producing things
- analysis - analyzing info
- adventure - engaging in risky experiences or adventures
- erudication - gaining knowledge on many topics
what are the different big five traits associated or correlated to the ORVIS interests or career paths described in the scale?
- leadership - E and O (med)
- organization - C (med)
- Altruism - A (large)
- Creativity - O (med)
- Analysis - O (med)
- Production - E (neg,small)
- Adventure - A (negative,small)
Erudition - O
What is the correlation between job satisfaction and high performance?
Weak correlation as job satisfaction is partially determined by the job itself.
- overall leads to healthy emotional state which if disrupted can also interfere with performance
Big five and job satisfaction correlation - explain
C - most satisfied as they are good at organizing, being disciplined and consistently meeting goals
E and A - above average job satisfaction
N - low job satisfaction; anxious, stressed leads to frustration and lower job satisfaction
O - no correlation
_____ is defined as doing positive things for organization beyond a defined job
Organization citizenship behavior
People engaging in OCB have which traits more often
agreeableness and concientious and even openness to exp
define counterprodcutive workplace behavior
unethical, illegal, or
unwise workplace
behaviors such as
stealing and bullying
What lind of people engage in CWB
Low in C and A and somewhat narcissism
What kind of traits makes most to least money in a job
high C
low N
high E
high A - make less money
What are the diff theories of job satisfaction
- Maslows hierarchy of needs and the ERG theory
- these theories focus on the need fulfilment of employees
- maslows theory helps determine job satisfaction if employees financial, self-actualization needs are being met and are also being challenged/stimulated to perform better
- ERG: existence, related and growth needs are being met
existence - material needs and wants
related - interpersonal needs of close social or interpersonal relationships is being met
growth - desire to be creative and productive; challenged to grow and achieve potential - Two-factor theory by Herzberg
- hygience f: like salary and work conditions (more like tangible factors)
- motivator f: like achievement and growth
- both of these are required to meet job satisfaction needs if any one is inadequate it can create an imbalance - McClelland’s theory
- affiliation: need to have close social bonds to succeed at the job so jobs like HR and customer relations
- power: need to influence/control/direct so people so they do better in positions of power like a CEO
- achievement needs: having a job that makes them solve complex tasks and problems or even challenges so like research and development jobs are good
What are the correlations between HEXACO honesty-humility and CWB and the employee integrity index?
H-H and CWB - strong negative correlation
integrity index and H-H: strong positive correlation
____ is defined as the way a leader influences a group of people to achieve a common goal
leadership
What is transformational leadership?
Leaders that bring about fundamental and large changes to their organization rather than just simply managing them. Such leaders are usually high in openness to experience than the average leader
The ability to rise to a leadership role in an organization can be termed as _____ kind of leadership skill
emergent
What is effective leadership?
to be able to be efficacious and a good leader after being given that management position
What are the similarities b/w emergent and effective leaders?
both are low on N, high in E, O AND C
difference b/w emergent and eff leaders
agreeableness - emergent leaders are average but eff leaders are high on this trait
What kinds of employees make the best fit for any job
High C,A
Low N
O and E vary job to job
What are the diff things ppl do to inflate image on job application
- slight image inflation - a small amount
of positive self-
presentation during a
job search - extensive image inflation; a large amount of positive self presentation during job search
- fake good - responses to personality questionnaires showcase the person in a positive admirable light
what are the different ways of findinf value and joy at work
- experience flow: challenges meeting ability = flow or being in the zone
