PERSONALITY
BY: Akash Kumar
Abbas Khan
Yashpal Advani
Qamoon Nausher
Syed Jamal Shah
PERSONALITY
•What is Personality?
Personality - All our behavior is somewhat shaped by our personalities. – a
dynamic concept describing the growth and development of a person’s
whole psychological system. It is the sum total of ways in which an
individual reacts and interacts with others.
OR
Personality is an individual unique and relatively consistent patterns of
thinking feeling and behaving.
PERSONALITY TRAITS
•Shy
•Aggressive
•Lazy
•Honest
•Confident
•Responsible
•Creative
•Respectful
•Selfish
PERSONALITY DETERMINANTS
•Heredity
•Environment
•Situation
MEASURING PERSONALITY
•Self-report Surveys
•Projective Measures
•Observer-rating Surveys
Personality Attributes influencing OB
•Core Self Evaluation
• Self Esteem
Individuals’ degree of liking or disliking themselves.
• whether they see themselves as capable and effective an in control
of their environment
•Locus of Control: The degree to which people believe they are
masters of their own fate.
Personality Attributes influencing OB
• Internals (Internal locus of control)
Individuals who believe that they control what happens to
them.
• Externals (External locus of control)
Individuals who believe that what happens to them is
controlled by outside forces such as luck or chance.
Machiavellianism (Mach)
Machiavellianism (Mach)
Degree to which an individual is
pragmatic, maintains emotional
distance, and believes that
ends can justify means.
High Machs manipulate more,
win more, persuade more, get
persuaded less
Machiavellianism (Mach)
Conditions Favoring High Machs
•Direct interaction with others
•Minimal rules and regulations
•Emotions distract others
NARCISSISM
•A Narcissistic Person
Selfish
Self importance
Sense of Entitlement
Exploitative
Arrogant
Lack of Empathy
Self admiration
Emotional shallowness
TYPE A
TYPE B
• Impatient
• Easygoing
• Short Tempered
• Social
• Competitive
• Procrastinator
• Ambitious
• Creative
• Punctual
• Relaxed
SELF
MONITORING
HIGH SELF
MONITORS
LOW SELF
MONITORS
RISK
• RISK:
It is a situation involving exposure to danger.
• EXAMPLES OF RISK:
How teenager takes risk?
How old man takes risk?
How gambler takes risk?
How employee takes risk?
How woman takes risk?
TWO TYPES OF RISK TAKERS
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HIGH RISK-TAKING MANAGERS
Quicker decisions
Less information for decisions.
Operate in Small organizations
• LOW RISK TAKING MANAGERS
Slow decisions.
More information for decisions.
Operate in large organizations
PROACTIVE PERSONALITY
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Biased Towards Action
Find And Solve Problems
Responsible
Persistent
No fear of change
Self improvers
The Big Five Model of Personality
Dimensions
1. Extroversion
Sociable, gregarious, and assertive Vs. reserved, timid,
quiet
2. Agreeableness
Good-natured, cooperative, and trusting Vs. Cold,
antagonistic
3. Conscientiousness
Responsible, dependable, persistent, and organized Vs.
distracted, disorganized
The Big Five Model of Personality
Dimensions
4. Emotional Stability: ability to withstand stress
Calm, self-confident, secure under stress Vs. nervous,
depressed, and insecure under stress
5. Openness to Experience
Curious, imaginative, artistic, and sensitive Vs.
conventional, find comfort in the familiar
The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)
• Used for personality assessment
• Asks how people feel or act in particular situations
Personality Types
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