-
Individual differences
The ways in which people differ from each other.
-
Personality
The pattern of relatively enduring ways that a person feels, thinks, and behaves
-
Nature
Biological heritage, genetic makeup
-
-
Attraction-selection-attrition framework (ASA)
The idea that an organization attracts and selects individuals with similar personalities and loses individuals with other types of personalities
-
Trait
A specific component of personality
-
The big five dimensions of personality
- Extraversion
- Neuroticism
- Agreeableness
- Conscientiousness
- Openness to experience
-
Extraversion
- Tendency to experience positive emotional states and feel good about oneself and the world around them
- positive affectivity
-
Neuroticism
- Tendency to experience negative emotional states and view oneself and the world around one negatively
- negative affectivity
-
Agreeableness
The tendency to get along well with others
-
Conscientiousness
The extent to which a person is careful, scrupulous, and perservering
-
Openness to experience
The extent to which a person is original, has broad interests, and is willing to take risks
-
Organizationally relevant personality traits
- Locus of control
- Self-monitoring
- Self-esteem
- Type A and Type B personality
- Need for achievement
- Need for affiliation
- Need for power
-
External locus of control
Describes people who believe that fate, luck, or outside forces are responsible for what happens to them
-
Internal locus of control
Describes people who believe that ability, effort, or their own actions determine what happens to them
-
Self-monitoring
The extent to which people try to control the way they present themselves
-
Self-esteem
The extent to which people have pride in themselves and their capabilities
-
Type A
A person who has an intense desire to achieve, is extremely competitive, and has a strong sense of urgency
-
Type B
A person who tends to be easygoing and relaxed
-
Need for achievement
The desire to perform challenging tasks well and to meet one's own high standards
-
Need for affiliation
The desire to establish and maintain good relations with others
-
Need for power
The desire to exert emotional behavioral control or influence over others
-
Ability
The mental or physical capacity to do something
-
Emotional intelligence
The ability to understand and manage one's own feelings and emotions and the feelings and emotions of other people
|
|