tailieunhanh - Lecture Organizational behavior: Improving performance and commitment in the workplace (4/e): Chapter 9 – Colquitt, LePine, Wesson

Chapter 9 – Personality and cultural values. After reading this chapter, you should be able to answer the following questions: What is personality? What are cultural values? What are the "Big Five"? Is personality driven by nature or by nurture? What taxonomies can be used to describe personality, other than the Big Five?. | Personality and Cultural Values Chapter 9 Personality The structures and propensities inside a person that explain his or her characteristic patterns of thought, emotion, and behavior Where does your personality come from? Personality Nature vs. Nurture Are you extraverted or introverted? How does that compare to your parents? Do such similarities represent nature or nurture? Personality Nature vs. Nurture Twin Studies Scientists study identical twins reared apart in order to separate nature and nurture effects This research suggests that between 35% and 49% of the variation in personality is due to genetics Personality While we could come up with thousands of adjectives, most of them would cluster around five general dimensions We call these dimensions the “Big Five” How do you score on them? Conscientiousness Relevant adjectives: Dependable, organized, reliable, ambitious, hardworking, persevering What’s your score? Agreeableness Relevant adjectives: Kind, cooperative, sympathetic, | Personality and Cultural Values Chapter 9 Personality The structures and propensities inside a person that explain his or her characteristic patterns of thought, emotion, and behavior Where does your personality come from? Personality Nature vs. Nurture Are you extraverted or introverted? How does that compare to your parents? Do such similarities represent nature or nurture? Personality Nature vs. Nurture Twin Studies Scientists study identical twins reared apart in order to separate nature and nurture effects This research suggests that between 35% and 49% of the variation in personality is due to genetics Personality While we could come up with thousands of adjectives, most of them would cluster around five general dimensions We call these dimensions the “Big Five” How do you score on them? Conscientiousness Relevant adjectives: Dependable, organized, reliable, ambitious, hardworking, persevering What’s your score? Agreeableness Relevant adjectives: Kind, cooperative, sympathetic, helpful, courteous, warm What’s your score? Neuroticism Relevant adjectives: Nervous, moody, emotional, insecure, jealous, unstable What’s your score? Neuroticism Extraversion Relevant adjectives: Talkative, sociable, passionate, assertive, bold, dominant What’s your score? Openness to Experience Relevant adjectives: Curious, imaginative, creative, complex, refined, sophisticated What’s your score? Other Personality Variables Locus of control Strongly correlated with neuroticism Reflects the distinction between believing that events are driven by luck, chance, or fate, versus people’s own behaviors Other Personality Variables Myers-Briggs Type Indicator Extraversion vs. Introversion Sensing vs. Intuition Thinking vs. Feeling Judging vs. Perceiving Other Personality Variables The RIASEC Model Other Personality Variables An increasing number of organizations are attempting to measure “honesty” or “integrity” for use in hiring. Why? Such measures tap three of the Big Five: High .