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Personality
• “Characteristic pattern of
thinking, feeling and acting.”
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Personality Traits
• Particular tendencies to feel, think, and act
in certain ways that can be used to
describe the personality of every
individual.
• Manager’s personalities influence their
behavior and approach to managing people
and resources
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Big Five Personality Traits
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Extraversion
• Extraverts enjoy being with people, are full
of energy, and often experience positive
emotions.
• Introverts lack the exuberance, energy,
and activity levels of extraverts. They tend
to be quiet, low-key, deliberate, and
disengaged from the social world.
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Agreeableness
• Agreeable individuals value getting along withothers. They are therefore considerate, friendly,generous, helpful, and willing to compromisetheir interests with others'.
• Disagreeable individuals place self-interestabove getting along with others. They are
generally unconcerned with others' well-being,and therefore are unlikely to extend themselvesfor other people.
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Conscientiousness
• Conscientiousness concerns the way in which
we control, regulate, and direct our impulses.
• Conscientious individuals avoid trouble andachieve high levels of success through
purposeful planning and persistence. They are
also positively regarded by others as intelligent
and reliable.
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Conscientiousness
• On the negative side, they can becompulsive perfectionists and workaholics.Furthermore, extremely conscientious
individuals might be regarded as stuffyand boring.
• Unconscientious people may be criticizedfor their unreliability, lack of ambition, andfailure to stay within the lines.
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Neuroticism
• Freud originally used the term neurosis todescribe a condition marked by mental distress,emotional suffering, and an inability to copeeffectively with the normal demands of life.
• Those who score high on Neuroticism mayexperience primarily one specific negative
feeling such as anxiety, anger, or depression,but are likely to experience several of theseemotions.
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• People high in neuroticism are emotionally
reactive. They respond emotionally to
events that would not affect most people,
and their reactions tend to be moreintense than normal.
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Openness to experience.
• Openness to Experience describes a dimensionof cognitive style that distinguishes imaginative,creative people from down-to-earth,conventional people.
• Open people are intellectually curious,appreciative of art, and sensitive to beauty.
• They tend to be, compared to closed people,more aware of their feelings.