Personality at Work: A Practical Perspective

Question 1

What % of job satisfaction accounts for productiveness?

Judge et al., 2001

Answer 1

9%

Question 2

What does a strong positive correlation between satisfaction and performance indicate?

Answer 2

the degree to which an organisation is healthy

Question 3

What did the On-going Situation show?

Source: Global Gallup Survey, 2017; The Economist, 2011

Answer 3

• 33% engaged
• 49% not engaged
• 18% actively disengaged

Question 4

What is burnout according to WHO 2019?

Answer 4

a syndrome resulting from chronic workplace stress that has not been successfully managed

Question 5

What does the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) comprise of?

Answer 5

• 22 items

- subscales: emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, diminished personal accomplishment

Question 6

What is the Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)?

Answer 6

Most popular personality test used frequently at the request of employers, counsellors or career coaches(Cunningham, 2013)

Question 7

According to the Jungian Theory, what are people born with?

Answer 7

a predisposition of personality preferences

Question 8

What are the 4 pairs of preferences presented in the Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)?

Answer 8

Extraverted or Introverted
Sensing or Intuitive
Thinking or Feeling
Judging or Perceiving

Question 9

What are the validity issues with the Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)?

Answer 9

• numerous studies supporting validity however they appear in a peer-reiewed journal funded by CAPT
• Capraro, 2002 did find positive reliability
• Falters on theoretical criteria that lacks agreement with known facts and data, lacks testability

Question 10

What is included in the big 5 model?

(Huang & Bramble, 2016).

Answer 10

• Openness to Experience
• Conscientiousness
• Extroversion
• Agreeableness
• Neuroticism (Adjustment)