1. Personality : The unique and relatively stable pattern of behaviors, thoughts, and emotions shown by an individual
Person-job-fit - Extent to which individuals possess the traits for specific jobs
Behavior results from a complex interplay between personality and situational factors.
2. THE BIG FIVE
• Conscientiousness : degree of diligence, perseverance, and organization
- related to job performance across many occupations
- related to absenteeism
• Agreeableness : degree of cooperativeness and warmth
- related to cooperation
- related to performance especially in teams
• Emotional Stability (Neuroticism) : degree of calmness, self-confidence, and sense of security
- related to job satisfaction across many occupations
- related to stress
• Openness to experience : degree of creativeness, curiosity, and interest in novel experiences
- related to success in training
• Extraversion-introversion : degree of gregarious, assertiveness, and sociability
- related to performance in jobs that required interpersonal interaction
- related to leadership emergence (extraversion)
3. Work-related Aspects of Personality
• Self-Efficacy: an individual’s beliefs concerning her/his ability to perform specific tasks successfully
-Shown to be different from self-esteem and self-confidence
-Always measured in terms of specific tasks
-Strong predictor of both performance & persistence
• Locus of control – the degree to which someone believes he or she is in control of one’s fate;
internal vs. external
-Internal associated with greater motivation and higher performance.
4.Holland’s 6 Personality Types
Fit between personality type and occupational environment determines satisfaction and turnover
Ultimately behavior results from an interaction of personality traits and situational factors
