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Be yourself is the worst advice you can give some people. --T. Masson
Student Information
Full name (and preferred name) Year Major/Minor E-mail address Hometown Any special needs? List work experience What are your long term career goals? Anything else you feel is important for me to know
Learning Objectives
Define the key biographical characteristics & how they affect the OB dependent variables Identify two types of ability & the importance of ability-job fit Explain the factors that determine an individuals personality Describe personality traits & discuss the personality-job fit theory Define Emotional Intelligence (EQ) & Why it is relevant to the workplace
Biographical Characteristics
Abilities Personality
Emotional Intelligence
Biographical Characteristics
These variables are more manageable when it comes to finding and analyzing variables that have an impact on turnover, satisfaction, etc. Age- older workers are less likely to resign
Who Cares what value do biographical characteristics have for managers and organizations?
Abilities
Intellectual Abilities That required to do mental activities. *Found to be strong predictors of future job performance. Physical Abilities That required to do tasks demanding stamina, dexterity, strength, and similar characteristics.
Ability-Job Fit
The Ability - Job Fit Employee performance is enhanced when there is a high ability - job fit. We need to keep this in mind from an HR perspective as well as an individual trying to make a job decision. What predictions can we make if the fit is poor? If employees lack the required abilities? If employees abilities far exceed the requirements of the job?
Personality
What is Personality?
The sum total of ways in which an individual reacts to and interacts with others Measurable traits that a person exhibits. An enduring combination of motives, emotions, values, interests, attitudes and competencies.
Determinants of Personality
Heredity/ Physiological Determinants physical differences, IQ, potential, temperament Environment culture, norms of family, friends & social groups, other influences Situation in class vs. at a party on-the-field/court vs. off-the-field/court
Personality Traits
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (next class) Extraverted/Introverted Sensing/Intuitive Thinking/Feeling Judging/Perceiving Big 5 Model Extraversion Agreeableness Conscientiousness Emotional stability Openness to Experience
internal.external
lowhigh
Self-Esteem:
Self-Monitoring
low.high
low.high
Risk Taking
low..high
Type A Personality BA
Always moving, walking, and eating rapidly. Feel impatient with the rate at which most events take place. Strive to think or do two or more things at once. Cannot cope with leisure time. Are obsessed with numbers, measuring their success in terms of how many or how much of everything they acquire.
Type B Personality
Never suffer from a sense of time urgency with its accompanying impatience. Feel no need to display or discuss either their achievements or accomplishments unless such exposure is demanded by the situation. Play for fun & relaxation, instead of exhibit their superiority at any cost. Can relax without guilt.
Person-Organization Fit
What is Personality-Organization Fit?
Examples Why might managers today pay more attention to the person-organization fit rather than the personjob fit?
Emotional Intelligence
(see pg. 111 in textbook)
Five Dimensions of EQ
Self-awareness - impact on others, aware of feelings Self-management - manage own emotions and impulses Self-motivation - ability to persist in face of failures Empathy ability to sense how others are feeling Social skills - ability to handle emotions of others What was your EQ? Do you agree with the results? How can managers increase their EQ?
Who Cares?
So why IS it important that we understand personality & individual differences?
By selecting people with the right attributes By redesigning jobs to fit individuals strengths
Reminders
Guest Speaker Complete MBTI test and bring results to class on February 2
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