Personality at Work Flashcards
Hough (1990)
Personality is between 15%-30% for predicting work behaviour
- 43 = stability
- 35 = extraversion
- 34 = agreeableness
Furnham (1992)
ability, demographic factors, intelligence, motivation and personality = WORK PERFORMANCE
– ability and intelligence are the same
– motivation is part of personality
– no account of other people
+ bidirectional
+ personality at the centre
Judge et al (1997)
sociable, excitement seeking extroverts are more likely to be absent
Wilt et al (2002)
big 5. High on conscientiousness and agreeableness - better job performance that high conscientiousness and low agreeableness
Eysenckion Theory
EPI - Eysencks personality inventory
Cooper & Payne (1967)
tobacco - left in 12 months = extrovert
Jessup & Jessup (1971)
Prediction on highly complex tasks
- 60% neurotics failed
- 37% neurotic extroverts failed
- 14% stable introverts failed
Bartman & Dale (1982)
high neuroticism and flying is not good - stressful
Cattell’s 16 PF
+ comprehensive
+ functional measurement
+ related to organisational
Costa & McCrae’s Big Five
NEOAC
- neuroticism
- extraversion
- agreebaleness
- conscientiousness
- openess
+ robust
Saville & Holdwartz’s OPQ
30 scales
- relating, thinking and feeling
– little empirical research
Kohasa (1979) hardy personality - locus of control
Style vs. preference
cog. styles and learning styles are different
- styles are dispositions to behave in certain ways e.g. walking
- easier to change styles than personalities
- implications for practice at work - how to make someone work tot he bets of their potential
Type A vs. B
A = coronary patients, tense facial muscles, impatient , no time to spare, do multiple things at once B = not impatient, no hostility, playing for relaxation and not achievement
